diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog for persistent-mysql
 
+## 2.13.1.0
+
+* [#1341](https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/pull/1341)
+    * Add `SqlBackendHooks` to allow for instrumentation of queries.
+* [#1327](https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/pull/1327)
+    * Update backend to support new `StatementCache` interface
+
 ## 2.13.0.4
 
 * No longer errors on `json` columns. [#1333](https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/pull/1333)
diff --git a/Database/Persist/MySQL.hs b/Database/Persist/MySQL.hs
--- a/Database/Persist/MySQL.hs
+++ b/Database/Persist/MySQL.hs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Except (ExceptT, runExceptT)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Reader (ReaderT, runReaderT)
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Writer (runWriterT)
+import Data.IORef (newIORef)
 import Data.Proxy (Proxy(..))
 
 import Data.Acquire (Acquire, mkAcquire, with)
@@ -57,12 +58,12 @@
 import Data.Either (partitionEithers)
 import Data.Fixed (Pico)
 import Data.Function (on)
-import Data.IORef
 import Data.Int (Int64)
 import Data.List (find, groupBy, intercalate, sort)
 import qualified Data.List.NonEmpty as NEL
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe, listToMaybe, mapMaybe)
+import qualified Data.Map as Map
 import Data.Monoid ((<>))
 import qualified Data.Monoid as Monoid
 import Data.Pool (Pool)
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
 import Database.Persist.Sql.Types.Internal (makeIsolationLevelStatement)
 import qualified Database.Persist.Sql.Util as Util
 import Database.Persist.SqlBackend
+import Database.Persist.SqlBackend.StatementCache
 
 import qualified Database.MySQL.Base as MySQLBase
 import qualified Database.MySQL.Base.Types as MySQLBase
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@
 openMySQLConn ci logFunc = do
     conn <- MySQL.connect ci
     MySQLBase.autocommit conn False -- disable autocommit!
-    smap <- newIORef $ Map.empty
+    smap <- newIORef mempty
     let
         backend =
             setConnPutManySql putManySql $
@@ -1297,7 +1299,7 @@
 -- the actual database isn't already present in the system.
 mockMigration :: Migration -> IO ()
 mockMigration mig = do
-    smap <- newIORef $ Map.empty
+    smap <- newIORef mempty
     let sqlbackend =
             mkSqlBackend MkSqlBackendArgs
                 { connPrepare = \_ -> do
diff --git a/persistent-mysql.cabal b/persistent-mysql.cabal
--- a/persistent-mysql.cabal
+++ b/persistent-mysql.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            persistent-mysql
-version:         2.13.0.4
+version:         2.13.1.0
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Felipe Lessa <felipe.lessa@gmail.com>, Michael Snoyman
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 library
     build-depends:   base             >= 4.9      && < 5
-                   , persistent       >= 2.13   && < 3
+                   , persistent       >= 2.13.3   && < 3
                    , aeson            >= 1.0
                    , blaze-builder
                    , bytestring       >= 0.10.8