diff --git a/FindMySQLConfig.cmake b/FindMySQLConfig.cmake
index a20e6dc47..377ea2912 100644
--- a/FindMySQLConfig.cmake
+++ b/FindMySQLConfig.cmake
@@ -2,12 +2,19 @@
 # The following variables are set:
 # MYSQLCONFIG_FOUND - System has MySQL and the tool was found
 # MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE - The MySQL configuration tool executable
+# MYSQL_VERSION - The MySQL version number
 find_program(MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE mysql_config)
 if(MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE MATCHES "MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE-NOTFOUND")
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find mysql_config.")
   set(MYSQLCONFIG_FOUND FALSE CACHE INTERNAL "")
   unset(MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
 else()
+  execute_process(COMMAND ${MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE} --version OUTPUT_VARIABLE MYSQL_VERSION)
+  string(REPLACE "\n" "" MYSQL_VERSION ${MYSQL_VERSION})
   message(STATUS "mysql_config found: ${MYSQLCONFIG_EXECUTABLE}")
+  message(STATUS "MySQL version: ${MYSQL_VERSION}")
+  if(MYSQL_VERSION VERSION_LESS 5.5.40)
+    message(WARNING "Required MySQL version is 5.5.40 or greater.")
+  endif()
   set(MYSQLCONFIG_FOUND TRUE CACHE INTERNAL "")
 endif()