diff --git a/lib/databases/mysql b/lib/databases/mysql
index 6b3ea02..b292da2 100644
--- a/lib/databases/mysql
+++ b/lib/databases/mysql
@@ -151,12 +151,16 @@
     fi
 
     if [[ "$MYSQL_GATHER_PERFORMANCE" == "True" ]]; then
-        echo "enabling MySQL performance_schema items"
-        # Enable long query history
-        iniset -sudo $my_conf mysqld \
-               performance-schema-consumer-events-statements-history-long TRUE
-        iniset -sudo $my_conf mysqld \
-               performance_schema_events_stages_history_long_size 1000000
+        echo "enabling MySQL performance counting"
+
+        # Install our sqlalchemy plugin
+        pip_install ${TOP_DIR}/tools/dbcounter
+
+        # Create our stats database for accounting
+        recreate_database stats
+        mysql -u $DATABASE_USER -p$DATABASE_PASSWORD -h $MYSQL_HOST -e \
+              "CREATE TABLE queries (db VARCHAR(32), op VARCHAR(32),
+                count INT, PRIMARY KEY (db, op)) ENGINE MEMORY" stats
     fi
 
     restart_service $MYSQL_SERVICE_NAME
@@ -218,7 +222,17 @@
 
 function database_connection_url_mysql {
     local db=$1
-    echo "$BASE_SQL_CONN/$db?charset=utf8"
+    local plugin
+
+    # NOTE(danms): We don't enable perf on subnodes yet because the
+    # plugin is not installed there
+    if [[ "$MYSQL_GATHER_PERFORMANCE" == "True" ]]; then
+        if is_service_enabled mysql; then
+            plugin="&plugin=dbcounter"
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    echo "$BASE_SQL_CONN/$db?charset=utf8$plugin"
 }