diff --git a/appengine/standard_python37/django/mysite/settings.py b/appengine/standard_python37/django/mysite/settings.py
index 059d3a484f1..f5e82a8147a 100644
--- a/appengine/standard_python37/django/mysite/settings.py
+++ b/appengine/standard_python37/django/mysite/settings.py
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/#databases
 
+# Check to see if MySQLdb is available; if not, have pymysql masquerade as
+# MySQLdb. This is a convenience feature for developers who cannot install
+# MySQLdb locally; when running in production on Google App Engine Standard
+# Environment, MySQLdb will be used.
+try:
+    import MySQLdb  # noqa: F401
+except ImportError:
+    import pymysql
+    pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
+
 # [START db_setup]
 if os.getenv('GAE_APPLICATION', None):
     # Running on production App Engine, so connect to Google Cloud SQL using
@@ -87,6 +97,7 @@
         'default': {
             'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
             'HOST': '/cloudsql/[YOUR-CONNECTION-NAME]',
+            'NAME': '[YOUR-DATABASE]',
             'USER': '[YOUR-USERNAME]',
             'PASSWORD': '[YOUR-PASSWORD]',
         }