diff --git a/ci/setup_container.sh b/ci/setup_container.sh
index 6bed4d57..6feacd64 100644
--- a/ci/setup_container.sh
+++ b/ci/setup_container.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ set -eux
 
 MYSQL_TEST_LOG="$(pwd)/mysql.log"
 
+bash ci/ssl.sh
+
 mysql_install_db \
   --log-error="${MYSQL_TEST_LOG}"
 /usr/libexec/mysqld \
@@ -14,4 +16,12 @@ sleep 3
 cat ${MYSQL_TEST_LOG}
 
 /usr/libexec/mysqld --version
+
+mysql -u root <<SQL
+DROP USER 'root'@'localhost';
+CREATE USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+SQL
+
 mysql -u root -e 'CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS test'