diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e49e9bf..02f7e81 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Changelog for hydra
 
 
 Release 8.7-dev
+* mysql module: a non-default port was not working, fixed
 * added -w timeout support to ssh module
 * fixed various memory leaks in http-form module
 * corrected hydra return code to be 0 on success
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/hydra-mysql.c b/hydra-mysql.c
index fdf1e81..0fda989 100644
--- a/hydra-mysql.c
+++ b/hydra-mysql.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ int32_t start_mysql(int32_t sock, char *ip, int32_t port, unsigned char options,
       }
     }
     /*mysql_options(&mysql,MYSQL_OPT_COMPRESS,0); */
-    if (!mysql_real_connect(mysql, hydra_address2string(ip), login, pass, database, 0, NULL, 0)) {
+    if (!mysql_real_connect(mysql, hydra_address2string(ip), login, pass, database, port, NULL, 0)) {
       int32_t my_errno = mysql_errno(mysql);
 
       if (debug)
diff --git a/hydra.h b/hydra.h
old mode 100755
new mode 100644