diff --git a/devenv/docker/blocks/mysql/docker-compose.yaml b/devenv/docker/blocks/mysql/docker-compose.yaml
index 6a2083e1c7e..add52bd2b59 100644
--- a/devenv/docker/blocks/mysql/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/devenv/docker/blocks/mysql/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@
   fake-mysql-data:
     image: grafana/fake-data-gen
     environment:
+      FD_SERVER: mysql
       FD_DATASOURCE: mysql
       FD_PORT: 3306