diff --git a/wix-embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/wix/mysql/distribution/Setup.java b/wix-embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/wix/mysql/distribution/Setup.java
index 824f1ae2..e1af3e92 100644
--- a/wix-embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/wix/mysql/distribution/Setup.java
+++ b/wix-embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/wix/mysql/distribution/Setup.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public class Setup {
             new FilePermissionsInitializer(),
             new Mysql57Initializer(),
             new NixBefore57Initializer(),
+            new NixBefore8Initializer(),
             new Mysql8Initializer());
 
 
diff --git a/wix-embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/wix/mysql/distribution/fileset/Win8FileSetEmitter.java b/wix-embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/wix/mysql/distribution/fileset/Win8FileSetEmitter.java
index 829b43cd..1465e637 100644
--- a/wix-embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/wix/mysql/distribution/fileset/Win8FileSetEmitter.java
+++ b/wix-embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/wix/mysql/distribution/fileset/Win8FileSetEmitter.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ public FileSet emit() {
                 .addEntry(Library, "bin/mysql.exe")
                 .addEntry(Library, "bin/mysqladmin.exe")
                 .addEntry(Library, "share/english/errmsg.sys")
+                .addEntry(Library, "bin/libeay32.dll")
+                .addEntry(Library, "bin/ssleay32.dll")
 //                .addEntry(Library, "share/fill_help_tables.sql")
 //                .addEntry(Library, "share/mysql_sys_schema.sql")
 //                .addEntry(Library, "share/mysql_system_tables.sql")
diff --git a/wix-embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/wix/mysql/distribution/setup/NixBefore8Initializer.java b/wix-embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/wix/mysql/distribution/setup/NixBefore8Initializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09fd2e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wix-embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/wix/mysql/distribution/setup/NixBefore8Initializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.wix.mysql.distribution.setup;
+
+import com.wix.mysql.config.MysqldConfig;
+import com.wix.mysql.distribution.Version;
+import de.flapdoodle.embed.process.config.IRuntimeConfig;
+import de.flapdoodle.embed.process.distribution.Platform;
+import de.flapdoodle.embed.process.extract.IExtractedFileSet;
+import org.apache.commons.io.filefilter.RegexFileFilter;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileFilter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+public class NixBefore8Initializer implements Initializer {
+
+    private final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NixBefore8Initializer.class);
+    private static final String SEP = File.separator;
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches(Version version) {
+        return Platform.detect().isUnixLike() &&
+            version.getMajorVersion().equals("8.0");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void apply(IExtractedFileSet files, IRuntimeConfig runtimeConfig, MysqldConfig config) throws IOException {
+        File baseDir = files.baseDir();
+        File libDir = new File(baseDir + SEP + "lib");
+        FileFilter filter = new RegexFileFilter("^[a-z]+\\.so(\\.[0-9]+)+");
+        File[] soFiles = libDir.listFiles(filter);
+        for (File file : soFiles) {
+            Files.createSymbolicLink(Paths.get(baseDir + SEP + "bin" + SEP + file.getName()), Paths.get(file.getPath()));
+            logger.debug("Symlink " + file.getName());
+        }
+    }
+}