diff --git a/docker/image.go b/docker/image.go
index 9508d73f..e3a845a1 100644
--- a/docker/image.go
+++ b/docker/image.go
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ func (c *Client) PushImage(opts PushImageOptions, auth AuthConfiguration) error
 type PullImageOptions struct {
 	Repository string `qs:"fromImage"`
 	Tag        string
+	Platform   string
 
 	// Only required for Docker Engine 1.9 or 1.10 w/ Remote API < 1.21
 	// and Docker Engine < 1.9
diff --git a/dockertest.go b/dockertest.go
index 992e1465..353e4034 100644
--- a/dockertest.go
+++ b/dockertest.go
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ type RunOptions struct {
 	Privileged   bool
 	User         string
 	Tty          bool
+	Platform     string
 }
 
 // BuildOptions is used to pass in optional parameters when building a container
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ func (d *Pool) RunWithOptions(opts *RunOptions, hcOpts ...func(*dc.HostConfig))
 		if err := d.Client.PullImage(dc.PullImageOptions{
 			Repository: repository,
 			Tag:        tag,
+			Platform:   opts.Platform,
 		}, opts.Auth); err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "")
 		}
@@ -620,7 +622,7 @@ func (d *Pool) NetworksByName(name string) ([]Network, error) {
 			)
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	return foundNetworks, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/dockertest_test.go b/dockertest_test.go
index 29c00d15..dd4a8a36 100644
--- a/dockertest_test.go
+++ b/dockertest_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 	dc "github.com/ory/dockertest/v3/docker"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -79,6 +80,29 @@ func TestMongo(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Nil(t, pool.Purge(resource))
 }
 
+func TestMysqlWithPlatform(t *testing.T) {
+	resource, err := pool.RunWithOptions(&RunOptions{
+		Repository: "mysql",
+		Tag:        "5.7",
+		Env:        []string{"MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret"},
+		Platform:   "", // Platform in the format os[/arch[/variant]] (e.g. linux/amd64). Default: ""
+	})
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, resource.GetPort("3306/tcp"))
+
+	err = pool.Retry(func() error {
+		var err error
+		db, err := sql.Open("mysql", fmt.Sprintf("root:secret@(localhost:%s)/mysql", resource.GetPort("3306/tcp")))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return db.Ping()
+	})
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	require.Nil(t, pool.Purge(resource))
+}
+
 func TestContainerWithName(t *testing.T) {
 	resource, err := pool.RunWithOptions(
 		&RunOptions{
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b8dedb3f..16d38023 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/docker/cli v20.10.12+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0
+	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0
 	github.com/lib/pq v0.0.0-20180327071824-d34b9ff171c2
 	github.com/moby/term v0.0.0-20201216013528-df9cb8a40635
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6d7cdb12..901912ba 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Gbd7IOopHjR8Iph03tsViu4nIes5Xh
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0 h1:3uh0PgVws3nIA0Q+MwDC8yjEPf9zjRfZZWXZYDct3Tw=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDDbaIK4Dk=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.11.3/go.mod h1:wRf/ReqHper53s+kmmSZizM8NamnL3IM0I9ntUbOk+k=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0 h1:BCTh4TKNUYmOmMUcQ3IipzF5prigylS7XXjEkfCHuOE=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0/go.mod h1:DCzpHaOWr8IXmIStZouvnhqoel9Qv2LBy8hT2VhHyBg=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.6/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:Ov1cvc58UF3b5XjBnZv7+opcTcQFZebYjWzi34vdm4Q=