diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index c68f7239..71cc4e82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -12,16 +12,24 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - db: "mariadb:10.2"
             py: "3.9"
+
           - db: "mariadb:10.3"
             py: "3.8"
+            mariadb_auth: true
+
           - db: "mariadb:10.5"
             py: "3.7"
+            mariadb_auth: true
+
           - db: "mysql:5.6"
             py: "3.6"
+
           - db: "mysql:5.7"
             py: "pypy-3.6"
+
           - db: "mysql:8.0"
             py: "3.9"
+            mysql_auth: true
 
     services:
       mysql:
@@ -48,10 +56,41 @@ jobs:
           mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -uroot -e "create user test2           identified ${WITH_PLUGIN} by 'some password'; grant all on test2.* to test2;"
           mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -uroot -e "create user test2@localhost identified ${WITH_PLUGIN} by 'some password'; grant all on test2.* to test2@localhost;"
           cp .travis/docker.json pymysql/tests/databases.json
+
       - name: Run test
         run: |
           pip install -U cryptography PyNaCl pytest pytest-cov mock coveralls
           pytest -v --cov --cov-config .coveragerc pymysql
+
+      - name: Run MySQL8 auth test
+        if: ${{ matrix.mysql_auth }}
+        run: |
+          docker cp mysqld:/var/lib/mysql/public_key.pem "${HOME}"
+          docker cp mysqld:/var/lib/mysql/ca.pem "${HOME}"
+          docker cp mysqld:/var/lib/mysql/server-cert.pem "${HOME}"
+          docker cp mysqld:/var/lib/mysql/client-key.pem "${HOME}"
+          docker cp mysqld:/var/lib/mysql/client-cert.pem "${HOME}"
+          mysql -uroot -h127.0.0.1 -e '
+              CREATE USER
+                  user_sha256   IDENTIFIED WITH "sha256_password" BY "pass_sha256_01234567890123456789",
+                  nopass_sha256 IDENTIFIED WITH "sha256_password",
+                  user_caching_sha2   IDENTIFIED WITH "caching_sha2_password" BY "pass_caching_sha2_01234567890123456789",
+                  nopass_caching_sha2 IDENTIFIED WITH "caching_sha2_password"
+                  PASSWORD EXPIRE NEVER;
+              GRANT RELOAD ON *.* TO user_caching_sha2;'
+          pytest -v --cov --cov-config .coveragerc tests/test_auth.py;
+
+      - name: Run MariaDB auth test
+        if: ${{ matrix.mariadb_auth }}
+        run: |
+          mysql -uroot -h127.0.0.1 -e '
+              INSTALL SONAME "auth_ed25519";
+              CREATE FUNCTION ed25519_password RETURNS STRING SONAME "auth_ed25519.so";'
+          # we need to pass the hashed password manually until 10.4, so hide it here
+          mysql -uroot -h127.0.0.1 -sNe "SELECT CONCAT('CREATE USER nopass_ed25519 IDENTIFIED VIA ed25519 USING \"',ed25519_password(\"\"),'\";');" | mysql -uroot -h127.0.0.1
+          mysql -uroot -h127.0.0.1 -sNe "SELECT CONCAT('CREATE USER user_ed25519 IDENTIFIED VIA ed25519 USING \"',ed25519_password(\"pass_ed25519\"),'\";');" | mysql -uroot -h127.0.0.1
+          pytest -v --cov --cov-config .coveragerc tests/test_mariadb_auth.py
+
       - name: Report coverage
         run: coveralls
         env: