diff --git a/drivers/drivers_test.go b/drivers/drivers_test.go
index ead41f786ee..21f3c8b4dc7 100644
--- a/drivers/drivers_test.go
+++ b/drivers/drivers_test.go
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ func TestCopy(t *testing.T) {
 
 	testCases := []struct {
 		dbName       string
+		testCase     string
 		setupQueries []setupQuery
 		src          string
 		dest         string
@@ -449,7 +450,8 @@ func TestCopy(t *testing.T) {
 			dest: "staff_copy",
 		},
 		{
-			dbName: "pgsql",
+			dbName:   "pgsql",
+			testCase: "schemaInDest",
 			setupQueries: []setupQuery{
 				{query: "DROP TABLE staff_copy"},
 				{query: "CREATE TABLE staff_copy AS SELECT * FROM staff WHERE 0=1", check: true},
@@ -467,7 +469,8 @@ func TestCopy(t *testing.T) {
 			dest: "staff_copy",
 		},
 		{
-			dbName: "pgx",
+			dbName:   "pgx",
+			testCase: "schemaInDest",
 			setupQueries: []setupQuery{
 				{query: "DROP TABLE staff_copy"},
 				{query: "CREATE TABLE staff_copy AS SELECT * FROM staff WHERE 0=1", check: true},
@@ -484,6 +487,17 @@ func TestCopy(t *testing.T) {
 			src:  "select staff_id, first_name, last_name, address_id, picture, email, store_id, active, username, password, last_update from staff",
 			dest: "staff_copy(staff_id, first_name, last_name, address_id, picture, email, store_id, active, username, password, last_update)",
 		},
+		{
+			dbName:   "mysql",
+			testCase: "bulkCopy",
+			setupQueries: []setupQuery{
+				{query: "SET GLOBAL local_infile = ON"},
+				{query: "DROP TABLE staff_copy"},
+				{query: "CREATE TABLE staff_copy AS SELECT * FROM staff WHERE 0=1", check: true},
+			},
+			src:  "select staff_id, first_name, last_name, address_id, email, store_id, active, username, password, last_update from staff",
+			dest: "staff_copy(staff_id, first_name, last_name, address_id, email, store_id, active, username, password, last_update)",
+		},
 		{
 			dbName: "sqlserver",
 			setupQueries: []setupQuery{
@@ -508,7 +522,11 @@ func TestCopy(t *testing.T) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		t.Run(test.dbName, func(t *testing.T) {
+		testName := test.dbName
+		if test.testCase != "" {
+			testName += "-" + test.testCase
+		}
+		t.Run(testName, func(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// TODO test copy from a different DB, maybe csvq?
 			// TODO test copy from same DB
diff --git a/drivers/mysql/copy.go b/drivers/mysql/copy.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81560686f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/mysql/copy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package mysql
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"encoding/csv"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
+	"github.com/xo/usql/drivers"
+)
+
+func copyRows(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, rows *sql.Rows, table string) (int64, error) {
+	localInfileSupported := false
+	row := db.QueryRowContext(ctx, "SELECT @@GLOBAL.local_infile")
+	err := row.Scan(&localInfileSupported)
+	if err == nil && localInfileSupported && !hasBlobColumn(rows) {
+		return bulkCopy(ctx, db, rows, table)
+	} else {
+		return drivers.CopyWithInsert(func(int) string { return "?" })(ctx, db, rows, table)
+	}
+}
+
+func bulkCopy(ctx context.Context, db *sql.DB, rows *sql.Rows, table string) (int64, error) {
+	mysql.RegisterReaderHandler("data", func() io.Reader {
+		return toCsvReader(rows)
+	})
+	defer mysql.DeregisterReaderHandler("data")
+	tx, err := db.BeginTx(ctx, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	var cnt int64
+	res, err := tx.ExecContext(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'Reader::data' INTO TABLE %s",
+		strings.Replace(table, "(", " FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' (", 1)))
+	if err != nil {
+		tx.Rollback()
+	} else {
+		err = tx.Commit()
+		if err == nil {
+			cnt, err = res.RowsAffected()
+		}
+	}
+	return cnt, err
+}
+
+func hasBlobColumn(rows *sql.Rows) bool {
+	columnTypes, err := rows.ColumnTypes()
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, ct := range columnTypes {
+		if ct.DatabaseTypeName() == "BLOB" {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func toCsvReader(rows *sql.Rows) io.Reader {
+	r, w := io.Pipe()
+	go writeAsCsv(rows, w)
+	return r
+}
+
+// writeAsCsv writes the rows in a CSV format compatible with LOAD DATA INFILE
+func writeAsCsv(rows *sql.Rows, w *io.PipeWriter) {
+	defer w.Close() // noop if already closed
+	columnTypes, err := rows.ColumnTypes()
+	if err != nil {
+		w.CloseWithError(err)
+		return
+	}
+	values := make([]interface{}, len(columnTypes))
+	valueRefs := make([]reflect.Value, len(columnTypes))
+	for i := 0; i < len(columnTypes); i++ {
+		valueRefs[i] = reflect.New(columnTypes[i].ScanType())
+		values[i] = valueRefs[i].Interface()
+	}
+	record := make([]string, len(values))
+	csvWriter := csv.NewWriter(io.MultiWriter(w, os.Stdout))
+	for rows.Next() {
+		if err = rows.Err(); err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+		err = rows.Scan(values...)
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+		for i, valueRef := range valueRefs {
+			// NB: Does not work for BLOBs. Use regular copy if there are BLOB columns
+			record[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", valueRef.Elem().Interface())
+		}
+		err = csvWriter.Write(record)
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if err == nil {
+		csvWriter.Flush()
+		err = csvWriter.Error()
+	}
+	w.CloseWithError(err) // same as w.Close(), if err is nil
+}
diff --git a/drivers/mysql/mysql.go b/drivers/mysql/mysql.go
index 4e333ea4c5a..a19f789bf9e 100644
--- a/drivers/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/drivers/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func init() {
 		NewMetadataWriter: func(db drivers.DB, w io.Writer, opts ...metadata.ReaderOption) metadata.Writer {
 			return metadata.NewDefaultWriter(mymeta.NewReader(db, opts...))(db, w)
 		},
-		Copy:         drivers.CopyWithInsert(func(int) string { return "?" }),
+		Copy: copyRows,
 		NewCompleter: mymeta.NewCompleter,
 	}, "memsql", "vitess", "tidb")
 }