diff --git a/build-parent/pom.xml b/build-parent/pom.xml
index 53d9a78af81d2..0ba6daa0462ba 100644
--- a/build-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/build-parent/pom.xml
@@ -1241,6 +1241,12 @@
             <properties>
                 <!-- Podman compatibility. Currently, mac file systems based on Plan 9 does not support SELinux labeling z and Z should not be used. When they transition to use virtiofsd, it should support SELinux labeling, and then we can use it for better container separation on the Mac.-->
                 <volume.access.modifier></volume.access.modifier>
+                
+                <!-- See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65456814/docker-apple-silicon-m1-preview-mysql-no-matching-manifest-for-linux-arm64-v8
+                and https://www.emmanuelgautier.com/blog/mysql-docker-arm-m1
+                This hopefully should be temporary -->
+                <mysql.image>arm64v8/mysql:8-oracle</mysql.image>
+
             </properties>
         </profile>
 
diff --git a/extensions/reactive-oracle-client/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/reactive-oracle-client/deployment/pom.xml
index bd1fcbd7a273f..e3c4e7eba60ef 100644
--- a/extensions/reactive-oracle-client/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/reactive-oracle-client/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
                                             <!-- good docs found at: http://dmp.fabric8.io/#build-healthcheck -->
                                             <!-- Unfortunately booting this is slow, needs to set a generous timeout: -->
                                             <time>60000</time>
-                                            <!-- leversge the healthcheck in the image we use -->
+                                            <!-- leverage the healthcheck in the image we use -->
                                             <healthy>yes</healthy>
                                         </wait>
                                     </run>
diff --git a/integration-tests/jpa-mysql/pom.xml b/integration-tests/jpa-mysql/pom.xml
index b638df3885d84..254f471e2539c 100644
--- a/integration-tests/jpa-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/jpa-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -163,8 +163,24 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <images>
                                 <image>
-                                    <name>${mysql.image}</name>
+                                    <name>healthcheck-${mysql.image}</name>
                                     <alias>quarkus-test-mysql</alias>
+                                    <build>
+                                        <from>${mysql.image}</from>
+                                        <healthCheck>
+                                            <!-- The exact values for these aren't very important, but it is important they are there -->
+                                            <interval>5s</interval>
+                                            <timeout>3s</timeout>
+                                            <startPeriod>5s</startPeriod>
+                                            <retries>5</retries>
+                                            <!--  We could also use /usr/local/bin/healthcheck.sh but it seemed complicated to get the right level.
+                                            Note that mysqladmin ping returns 0 even if the password is wrong so we don't need to pass in a password, but it makes the logs cleaner-->
+                                            <cmd>
+                                                <shell>mysqladmin ping -h localhost -u hibernate_orm_test -phibernate_orm_test || exit 1
+                                                </shell>
+                                            </cmd>
+                                        </healthCheck>
+                                    </build>
                                     <run>
                                         <ports>
                                             <port>3306:3306</port>
@@ -182,13 +198,10 @@
                                         </log>
                                         <!-- Speed things up a bit by not actually flushing writes to disk -->
                                         <tmpfs>/var/lib/mysql</tmpfs>
+                                        <!-- good docs found at: http://dmp.fabric8.io/#start-wait -->
                                         <wait>
-                                            <!-- good docs found at: http://dmp.fabric8.io/#start-wait -->
                                             <time>20000</time>
-                                            <!-- wait until MySQL is actually up by checking if mysqladmin can ping the server with specified username/password -->
-                                            <exec>
-                                                <postStart>mysqladmin ping -h localhost -u hibernate_orm_test -phibernate_orm_test</postStart>
-                                            </exec>
+                                            <healthy>true</healthy>
                                         </wait>
                                     </run>
                                 </image>
@@ -203,6 +216,7 @@
                                 <phase>compile</phase>
                                 <goals>
                                     <goal>stop</goal>
+                                    <goal>build</goal>
                                     <goal>start</goal>
                                 </goals>
                             </execution>