diff --git a/src/Database/Connections/MySqlConnection.php b/src/Database/Connections/MySqlConnection.php
index 24b87b664..dfa741419 100644
--- a/src/Database/Connections/MySqlConnection.php
+++ b/src/Database/Connections/MySqlConnection.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\MySqlBuilder;
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\MySqlSchemaState;
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use Exception;
 use PDO;
 
 /**
@@ -14,6 +15,76 @@
  */
 class MySqlConnection extends Connection
 {
+    /**
+     * The last inserted ID generated by the server
+     *
+     * @var string|int|null
+     */
+    protected $lastInsertId;
+
+    /**
+     * Run an insert statement against the database.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $query
+     * @param  array  $bindings
+     * @param  string|null  $sequence
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function insert($query, $bindings = [], $sequence = null)
+    {
+        return $this->run($query, $bindings, function ($query, $bindings) use ($sequence) {
+            if ($this->pretending()) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            $statement = $this->getPdo()->prepare($query);
+
+            $this->bindValues($statement, $this->prepareBindings($bindings));
+
+            $this->recordsHaveBeenModified();
+
+            $result = $statement->execute();
+
+            $this->lastInsertId = $this->getPdo()->lastInsertId($sequence);
+
+            return $result;
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the last insert ID.
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getLastInsertId()
+    {
+        return $this->lastInsertId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Escape a binary value for safe SQL embedding.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $value
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function escapeBinary($value)
+    {
+        $hex = bin2hex($value);
+
+        return "x'{$hex}'";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if the given database exception was caused by a unique constraint violation.
+     *
+     * @param  \Exception  $exception
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function isUniqueConstraintError(Exception $exception)
+    {
+        return boolval(preg_match('#Integrity constraint violation: 1062#i', $exception->getMessage()));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Determine if the connected database is a MariaDB database.
      *
@@ -35,7 +106,7 @@ protected function getDefaultQueryGrammar()
         if (method_exists($grammar, 'setConnection')) {
             $grammar->setConnection($this);
         }
-        
+
         return $this->withTablePrefix($grammar);
     }