diff --git a/PHPCI/Plugin/Mysql.php b/PHPCI/Plugin/Mysql.php
index a8d377b8..e67c31a4 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Plugin/Mysql.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Plugin/Mysql.php
@@ -14,17 +14,28 @@ use PDO;
 /**
 * MySQL Plugin - Provides access to a MySQL database.
 * @author       Dan Cryer <dan@block8.co.uk>
+* @author       Steve Kamerman <stevekamerman@gmail.com>
 * @package      PHPCI
 * @subpackage   Plugins
 */
 class Mysql implements \PHPCI\Plugin
 {
+    
+    /**
+     * @var \PHPCI\Builder
+     */
     protected $phpci;
     protected $queries = array();
 
     protected $host;
     protected $user;
     protected $pass;
+    
+    /**
+     * Database Connection
+     * @var PDO
+     */
+    protected $pdo;
 
     public function __construct(\PHPCI\Builder $phpci, array $options = array())
     {
@@ -51,18 +62,75 @@ class Mysql implements \PHPCI\Plugin
     */
     public function execute()
     {
+        $success = true;
+        
         try {
             $opts = array(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
-            $pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=' . $this->host, $this->user, $this->pass, $opts);
-
+            $this->pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=' . $this->host, $this->user, $this->pass, $opts);
+            
             foreach ($this->queries as $query) {
-                $pdo->query($query);
+                if (!is_array($query)) {
+                    // Simple query
+                    $this->pdo->query($query);
+                } else if (isset($query['import'])) {
+                    // SQL file execution
+                    $this->executeFile($query['import']);
+                }
             }
         } catch (\Exception $ex) {
             $this->phpci->logFailure($ex->getMessage());
             return false;
         }
 
+        return $success;
+    }
+    
+    protected function executeFile($query)
+    {
+        if (!isset($query['file'])) {
+            throw new \Exception("Import statement must contiain an 'file' key");
+        }
+        
+        $import_file = $this->phpci->buildPath . $query['file'];
+        if (!is_readable($import_file)) {
+        	throw new \Exception("Cannot open SQL import file: $import_file");
+        }
+        
+        $database = isset($query['database'])? $query['database']: null;
+        
+        $import_command = $this->getImportCommand($import_file, $database);
+    	if (!$this->phpci->executeCommand($import_command)) {
+    	    throw new \Exception("Unable to execute SQL file");
+    	}
+    	
         return true;
     }
-}
+    
+    /**
+     * Builds the MySQL import command required to import/execute the specified file
+     * @param string $import_file Path to file, relative to the build root
+     * @param string $database If specified, this database is selected before execution
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getImportCommand($import_file, $database=null) {
+        $decompression = array(
+            'bz2' => '| bzip2 --decompress',
+            'gz' => '| gzip --decompress',
+        );
+        
+        $extension = strtolower(pathinfo($import_file, PATHINFO_EXTENSION));
+        $decomp_cmd = '';
+        if (array_key_exists($extension, $decompression)) {
+            $decomp_cmd = $decompression[$extension];
+        }
+
+        $args = array(
+            ':import_file' => escapeshellarg($import_file),
+            ':decomp_cmd' => $decomp_cmd,
+            ':user' => escapeshellarg($this->user),
+            ':pass' => escapeshellarg($this->pass),
+            ':database' => ($database === null)? '': escapeshellarg($database),
+        );
+        return strtr('cat :import_file :decomp_cmd | mysql -u:user -p:pass :database', $args);
+    }
+}
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