diff --git a/_example/mysql/main.go b/_example/mysql/main.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/_example/mysql/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/gin-contrib/sessions"
+	"github.com/gin-contrib/sessions/mysql"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	r := gin.Default()
+
+	userStr := ""
+	passStr := ""
+	ipStr := ""
+	databaseStr := ""
+	portStr := ""
+	connStr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@(%s:%s)/%s?charset=utf8&parseTime=True&loc=Local",userStr,passStr,ipStr,portStr,databaseStr)
+	store,err := mysql.NewStore(connStr,"sessionstore", "/", 3600, []byte("kukunet"))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error connecting to MySQL: ", err)
+	}
+
+	//add session
+	r.Use(sessions.Sessions("mySession", &store))
+	defer store.Close()
+	defer store.StopCleanup(store.Cleanup(time.Minute * 5))
+
+	r.GET("/incr", func(c *gin.Context) {
+		session := sessions.Default(c)
+		var count int
+		v := session.Get("count")
+		if v == nil {
+			count = 0
+		} else {
+			count = v.(int)
+			count++
+		}
+		session.Set("count", count)
+		session.Save()
+		c.JSON(200, gin.H{"count": count})
+	})
+	r.Run(":8000")
+}
diff --git a/mysql/mysql.go b/mysql/mysql.go
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql/mysql.go
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+package mysql
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gin-contrib/sessions"
+	"github.com/srinathgs/mysqlstore"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type SessionStore interface {
+	sessions.Store
+}
+
+type store struct {
+	*mysqlstore.MySQLStore
+}
+
+func NewStore(endpoint string, tableName string, path string, maxAge int, keyPairs ...[]byte) (store, error) {
+	p, err := mysqlstore.NewMySQLStore(endpoint, tableName, path, maxAge, keyPairs...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return store{},err
+	}
+
+	return store{p}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *store) Options(options sessions.Options) {
+	s.MySQLStore.Options = options.ToGorillaOptions()
+}
+
+func (s *store) Close() {
+	s.MySQLStore.Close()
+}
+
+func (s *store) Cleanup(interval time.Duration) (chan<- struct{}, <-chan struct{}){
+	n,m := s.MySQLStore.Cleanup(interval)
+	return n, m
+}
+
+func (s *store) StopCleanup(quit chan<- struct{}, done <-chan struct{}) {
+	s.MySQLStore.StopCleanup(quit,done)
+}
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