diff --git a/package/base/mysql/mysql.desc b/package/base/mysql/mysql.desc
index 10619d088..9324542a4 100644
--- a/package/base/mysql/mysql.desc
+++ b/package/base/mysql/mysql.desc
@@ -44,11 +44,22 @@
 
 [L] LGPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 4.1.20
 [P] X -?---5---9 125.400
 
+#if xpkg == mysql41
+[V] 4.1.20
 [D] 2028995469 mysql-4.1.20.tar.gz http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/db/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/
 
 [CV-URL] ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/db/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/
 [CV-INCL] '^mysql-4.1.*tar'
+#endif
+
+#if xpkg == mysql50
+[V] 5.0.26
+[D] 1810250711 mysql-5.0.26.tar.gz http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/db/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/
+#endif
+
+[CV-URL] ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/db/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/
+[CV-INCL] '^mysql-5.0.*tar'
+#endif
 
diff --git a/package/base/mysql/pkgmapper.in b/package/base/mysql/pkgmapper.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ef66ac00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/mysql/pkgmapper.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+case $pkg in
+	mysql41|mysql50) pkg=mysql ;;
+esac
diff --git a/package/base/mysql/preconfig.in b/package/base/mysql/preconfig.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a018ab62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/mysql/preconfig.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pkgfork mysql mysql41 unflag CORE
+pkgfork mysql mysql50
+pkgremove mysql