diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index facc91b4b..5fed0b27f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -460,6 +460,25 @@ func main() {
 }
 ```
 
+### Custom Driver Name
+
+A custom driver name can be set via build options: `-ldflags '-X "github.com/go-mysql-org/go-mysql/driver.driverName=gomysql"'`.
+
+This can be useful when using [GORM](https://gorm.io/docs/connecting_to_the_database.html#Customize-Driver):
+
+```go
+import (
+  _ "github.com/go-mysql-org/go-mysql/driver"
+  "gorm.io/driver/mysql"
+  "gorm.io/gorm"
+)
+
+db, err := gorm.Open(mysql.New(mysql.Config{
+  DriverName: "gomysql",
+  DSN: "gorm:gorm@127.0.0.1:3306/test",
+}))
+```
+
 ### Custom NamedValueChecker
 
 Golang allows for custom handling of query arguments before they are passed to the driver
diff --git a/driver/driver.go b/driver/driver.go
index 4054db2af..fa36dc8e0 100644
--- a/driver/driver.go
+++ b/driver/driver.go
@@ -389,13 +389,15 @@ func (r *rows) Next(dest []sqldriver.Value) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+var driverName = "mysql"
+
 func init() {
 	options["compress"] = CompressOption
 	options["collation"] = CollationOption
 	options["readTimeout"] = ReadTimeoutOption
 	options["writeTimeout"] = WriteTimeoutOption
 
-	sql.Register("mysql", driver{})
+	sql.Register(driverName, driver{})
 }
 
 // SetCustomTLSConfig sets a custom TLSConfig for the address (host:port) of the supplied DSN.