diff -Nru moin-1.9.7/debian/changelog moin-1.9.7/debian/changelog
--- moin-1.9.7/debian/changelog	2015-08-24 14:53:46.000000000 +0000
+++ moin-1.9.7/debian/changelog	2015-08-25 19:30:39.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+moin (1.9.7-2ubuntu3) wily; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/patches/pymysql-replacement.patch: Use pymysql as drop in
+    replacement for MySQLdb.
+
+ -- Corey Bryant <corey.bryant@canonical.com>  Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:30:19 -0400
+
 moin (1.9.7-2ubuntu2) wily; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/control: Drop python-mysqldb in favor of python-pymysql.
diff -Nru moin-1.9.7/debian/patches/pymysql-replacement.patch moin-1.9.7/debian/patches/pymysql-replacement.patch
--- moin-1.9.7/debian/patches/pymysql-replacement.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ moin-1.9.7/debian/patches/pymysql-replacement.patch	2015-08-25 19:30:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Description: Use pymysql as a drop-in replacement for MySQLdb.
+Author: Corey Bryant <corey.bryant@canonical.com>
+Forwarded: not-needed
+
+--- a/MoinMoin/auth/mysql_group.py
++++ b/MoinMoin/auth/mysql_group.py
+@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
+     @license: GNU GPL, see COPYING for details.
+ """
+ 
++import pymysql
++pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb()
++
+ import MySQLdb
+ 
+ from MoinMoin import log
diff -Nru moin-1.9.7/debian/patches/series moin-1.9.7/debian/patches/series
--- moin-1.9.7/debian/patches/series	2015-08-24 13:39:40.000000000 +0000
+++ moin-1.9.7/debian/patches/series	2015-08-25 19:28:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 mail-verification.patch
 external_account_creation_check.patch
 avoid_empty_dir_creation.patch
+pymysql-replacement.patch