diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/mysql.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/mysql.py
index fab1bb27bb..2b5449e49f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/mysql.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/mysql.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ except ImportError:
     except ImportError:
         mysql_driver = None
 
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+
 mysql_driver_fail_msg = 'The PyMySQL (Python 2.7 and Python 3.X) or MySQL-python (Python 2.X) module is required.'
 
 
@@ -76,8 +78,28 @@ def mysql_connect(module, login_user=None, login_password=None, config_file='',
     if connect_timeout is not None:
         config['connect_timeout'] = connect_timeout
 
-    db_connection = mysql_driver.connect(**config)
+    try:
+        db_connection = mysql_driver.connect(**config)
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg="unable to connect to database: %s" % to_native(e))
+
     if cursor_class is not None:
         return db_connection.cursor(**{_mysql_cursor_param: mysql_driver.cursors.DictCursor})
     else:
         return db_connection.cursor()
+
+
+def mysql_common_argument_spec():
+    return dict(
+        login_user=dict(type='str', default=None),
+        login_password=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
+        login_host=dict(type='str', default='localhost'),
+        login_port=dict(type='int', default=3306),
+        login_unix_socket=dict(type='str'),
+        config_file=dict(type='path', default='~/.my.cnf'),
+        connect_timeout=dict(type='int', default=30),
+        client_cert=dict(type='path', aliases=['ssl_cert']),
+        client_key=dict(type='path', aliases=['ssl_key']),
+        ca_cert=dict(type='path', aliases=['ssl_ca']),
+    )
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_info.py b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_info.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8220819964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_info.py
@@ -0,0 +1,450 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright: (c) 2019, Andrew Klychkov (@Andersson007) <aaklychkov@mail.ru>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {
+    'metadata_version': '1.1',
+    'status': ['preview'],
+    'supported_by': 'community'
+}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
+---
+module: mysql_info
+short_description: Gather information about MySQL servers
+description:
+- Gathers information about MySQL servers.
+version_added: '2.9'
+
+options:
+  filter:
+    description:
+    - Limit the collected information by comma separated string or YAML list.
+    - Allowable values are C(version), C(databases), C(settings), C(users),
+      C(slave_status), C(slave_hosts), C(master_status), C(engines).
+    - By default, collects all subsets.
+    - You can use '!' before value (for example, C(!settings)) to exclude it from the information.
+    - If you pass including and excluding values to the filter, for example, I(filter=!settings,version),
+      the excluding values, C(!settings) in this case, will be ignored.
+    type: list
+  login_db:
+    description:
+    - Database name to connect to.
+    - It makes sense if I(login_user) is allowed to connect to a specific database only.
+    type: str
+
+author:
+- Andrew Klychkov (@Andersson007)
+
+extends_documentation_fragment: mysql
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+# Display info from mysql-hosts group (using creds from ~/.my.cnf to connect):
+# ansible mysql-hosts -m mysql_info
+
+# Display only databases and users info:
+# ansible mysql-hosts -m mysql_info -a 'filter=databases,users'
+
+# Display only slave status:
+# ansible standby -m mysql_info -a 'filter=slave_status'
+
+# Display all info from databases group except settings:
+# ansible databases -m mysql_info -a 'filter=!settings'
+
+- name: Collect all possible information using passwordless root access
+  mysql_info:
+    login_user: root
+
+- name: Get MySQL version with non-default credentials
+  mysql_info:
+    login_user: mysuperuser
+    login_password: mysuperpass
+    filter: version
+
+- name: Collect all info except settings and users by root
+  mysql_info:
+    login_user: root
+    login_password: rootpass
+    filter: "!settings,!users"
+
+- name: Collect info about databases and version using ~/.my.cnf as a credential file
+  become: yes
+  mysql_info:
+    filter:
+    - databases
+    - version
+
+- name: Collect info about databases and version using ~alice/.my.cnf as a credential file
+  become: yes
+  mysql_info:
+    config_file: /home/alice/.my.cnf
+    filter:
+    - databases
+'''
+
+RETURN = r'''
+version:
+  description: Database server version.
+  returned: if not excluded by filter
+  type: dict
+  sample: { "version": { "major": 5, "minor": 5, "release": 60 } }
+  contains:
+    major:
+      description: Major server version.
+      returned: if not excluded by filter
+      type: int
+      sample: 5
+    minor:
+      description: Minor server version.
+      returned: if not excluded by filter
+      type: int
+      sample: 5
+    release:
+      description: Release server version.
+      returned: if not excluded by filter
+      type: int
+      sample: 60
+databases:
+  description: Information about databases.
+  returned: if not excluded by filter
+  type: dict
+  sample:
+  - { "mysql": { "size": 656594 }, "information_schema": { "size": 73728 } }
+  contains:
+    size:
+      description: Database size in bytes.
+      returned: if not excluded by filter
+      type: dict
+      sample: { 'size': 656594 }
+settings:
+  description: Global settings (variables) information.
+  returned: if not excluded by filter
+  type: dict
+  sample:
+  - { "innodb_open_files": 300, innodb_page_size": 16384 }
+users:
+  description: Users information.
+  returned: if not excluded by filter
+  type: dict
+  sample:
+  - { "localhost": { "root": { "Alter_priv": "Y", "Alter_routine_priv": "Y" } } }
+engines:
+  description: Information about the server's storage engines.
+  returned: if not excluded by filter
+  type: dict
+  sample:
+  - { "CSV": { "Comment": "CSV storage engine", "Savepoints": "NO", "Support": "YES", "Transactions": "NO", "XA": "NO" } }
+master_status:
+  description: Master status information.
+  returned: if master
+  type: dict
+  sample:
+  - { "Binlog_Do_DB": "", "Binlog_Ignore_DB": "mysql", "File": "mysql-bin.000001", "Position": 769 }
+slave_status:
+  description: Slave status information.
+  returned: if standby
+  type: dict
+  sample:
+  - { "192.168.1.101": { "3306": { "replication_user": { "Connect_Retry": 60, "Exec_Master_Log_Pos": 769,  "Last_Errno": 0 } } } }
+slave_hosts:
+  description: Slave status information.
+  returned: if master
+  type: dict
+  sample:
+  - { "2": { "Host": "", "Master_id": 1, "Port": 3306 } }
+'''
+
+from decimal import Decimal
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.mysql import (
+    mysql_connect,
+    mysql_common_argument_spec,
+    mysql_driver,
+    mysql_driver_fail_msg,
+)
+from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_native
+
+
+# ===========================================
+# MySQL module specific support methods.
+#
+
+class MySQL_Info(object):
+
+    """Class for collection MySQL instance information.
+
+    Arguments:
+        module (AnsibleModule): Object of AnsibleModule class.
+        cursor (pymysql/mysql-python): Cursor class for interraction with
+            the database.
+
+    Note:
+        If you need to add a new subset:
+        1. add a new key with the same name to self.info attr in self.__init__()
+        2. add a new private method to get the information
+        3. add invocation of the new method to self.__collect()
+        4. add info about the new subset to the DOCUMENTATION block
+        5. add info about the new subset with an example to RETURN block
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, module, cursor):
+        self.module = module
+        self.cursor = cursor
+        self.info = {
+            'version': {},
+            'databases': {},
+            'settings': {},
+            'engines': {},
+            'users': {},
+            'master_status': {},
+            'slave_hosts': {},
+            'slave_status': {},
+        }
+
+    def get_info(self, filter_):
+        """Get MySQL instance information based on filter_.
+
+        Arguments:
+            filter_ (list): List of collected subsets (e.g., databases, users, etc.),
+                when it is empty, return all available information.
+        """
+        self.__collect()
+
+        inc_list = []
+        exc_list = []
+
+        if filter_:
+            partial_info = {}
+
+            for fi in filter_:
+                if fi.lstrip('!') not in self.info:
+                    self.module.warn('filter element: %s is not allowable, ignored' % fi)
+                    continue
+
+                if fi[0] == '!':
+                    exc_list.append(fi.lstrip('!'))
+
+                else:
+                    inc_list.append(fi)
+
+            if inc_list:
+                for i in self.info:
+                    if i in inc_list:
+                        partial_info[i] = self.info[i]
+
+            else:
+                for i in self.info:
+                    if i not in exc_list:
+                        partial_info[i] = self.info[i]
+
+            return partial_info
+
+        else:
+            return self.info
+
+    def __collect(self):
+        """Collect all possible subsets."""
+        self.__get_databases()
+        self.__get_global_variables()
+        self.__get_engines()
+        self.__get_users()
+        self.__get_master_status()
+        self.__get_slave_status()
+        self.__get_slaves()
+
+    def __get_engines(self):
+        """Get storage engines info."""
+        res = self.__exec_sql('SHOW ENGINES')
+
+        if res:
+            for line in res:
+                engine = line['Engine']
+                self.info['engines'][engine] = {}
+
+                for vname, val in iteritems(line):
+                    if vname != 'Engine':
+                        self.info['engines'][engine][vname] = val
+
+    def __convert(self, val):
+        """Convert unserializable data."""
+        try:
+            if isinstance(val, Decimal):
+                val = float(val)
+            else:
+                val = int(val)
+
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+
+        except TypeError:
+            pass
+
+        return val
+
+    def __get_global_variables(self):
+        """Get global variables (instance settings)."""
+        res = self.__exec_sql('SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES')
+
+        if res:
+            for var in res:
+                self.info['settings'][var['Variable_name']] = self.__convert(var['Value'])
+
+            ver = self.info['settings']['version'].split('.')
+            release = ver[2].split('-')[0]
+
+            self.info['version'] = dict(
+                major=int(ver[0]),
+                minor=int(ver[1]),
+                release=int(release),
+            )
+
+    def __get_master_status(self):
+        """Get master status if the instance is a master."""
+        res = self.__exec_sql('SHOW MASTER STATUS')
+        if res:
+            for line in res:
+                for vname, val in iteritems(line):
+                    self.info['master_status'][vname] = self.__convert(val)
+
+    def __get_slave_status(self):
+        """Get slave status if the instance is a slave."""
+        res = self.__exec_sql('SHOW SLAVE STATUS')
+        if res:
+            for line in res:
+                host = line['Master_Host']
+                if host not in self.info['slave_status']:
+                    self.info['slave_status'][host] = {}
+
+                port = line['Master_Port']
+                if port not in self.info['slave_status'][host]:
+                    self.info['slave_status'][host][port] = {}
+
+                user = line['Master_User']
+                if user not in self.info['slave_status'][host][port]:
+                    self.info['slave_status'][host][port][user] = {}
+
+                for vname, val in iteritems(line):
+                    if vname not in ('Master_Host', 'Master_Port', 'Master_User'):
+                        self.info['slave_status'][host][port][user][vname] = self.__convert(val)
+
+    def __get_slaves(self):
+        """Get slave hosts info if the instance is a master."""
+        res = self.__exec_sql('SHOW SLAVE HOSTS')
+        if res:
+            for line in res:
+                srv_id = line['Server_id']
+                if srv_id not in self.info['slave_hosts']:
+                    self.info['slave_hosts'][srv_id] = {}
+
+                for vname, val in iteritems(line):
+                    if vname != 'Server_id':
+                        self.info['slave_hosts'][srv_id][vname] = self.__convert(val)
+
+    def __get_users(self):
+        """Get user info."""
+        res = self.__exec_sql('SELECT * FROM mysql.user')
+        if res:
+            for line in res:
+                host = line['Host']
+                if host not in self.info['users']:
+                    self.info['users'][host] = {}
+
+                user = line['User']
+                self.info['users'][host][user] = {}
+
+                for vname, val in iteritems(line):
+                    if vname not in ('Host', 'User'):
+                        self.info['users'][host][user][vname] = self.__convert(val)
+
+    def __get_databases(self):
+        """Get info about databases."""
+        query = ('SELECT table_schema AS "name", '
+                 'SUM(data_length + index_length) AS "size" '
+                 'FROM information_schema.TABLES GROUP BY table_schema')
+
+        res = self.__exec_sql(query)
+
+        if res:
+            for db in res:
+                self.info['databases'][db['name']] = {}
+
+                self.info['databases'][db['name']]['size'] = int(db['size'])
+
+    def __exec_sql(self, query, ddl=False):
+        """Execute SQL.
+
+        Arguments:
+            ddl (bool): If True, return True or False.
+                Used for queries that don't return any rows
+                (mainly for DDL queries) (default False).
+        """
+        try:
+            self.cursor.execute(query)
+
+            if not ddl:
+                res = self.cursor.fetchall()
+                return res
+            return True
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Cannot execute SQL '%s': %s" % (query, to_native(e)))
+        return False
+
+
+# ===========================================
+# Module execution.
+#
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = mysql_common_argument_spec()
+    argument_spec.update(
+        login_db=dict(type='str'),
+        filter=dict(type='list'),
+    )
+
+    # The module doesn't support check_mode
+    # because of it doesn't change anything
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_spec,
+        supports_check_mode=True,
+    )
+
+    db = module.params['login_db']
+    connect_timeout = module.params['connect_timeout']
+    login_user = module.params['login_user']
+    login_password = module.params['login_password']
+    ssl_cert = module.params['client_cert']
+    ssl_key = module.params['client_key']
+    ssl_ca = module.params['ca_cert']
+    config_file = module.params['config_file']
+    filter_ = module.params['filter']
+
+    if filter_:
+        filter_ = [f.strip() for f in filter_]
+
+    if mysql_driver is None:
+        module.fail_json(msg=mysql_driver_fail_msg)
+
+    cursor = mysql_connect(module, login_user, login_password,
+                           config_file, ssl_cert, ssl_key, ssl_ca, db,
+                           connect_timeout=connect_timeout, cursor_class='DictCursor')
+
+    ###############################
+    # Create object and do main job
+
+    mysql = MySQL_Info(module, cursor)
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=False, **mysql.get_info(filter_))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/aliases b/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5eb727b09b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+destructive
+shippable/posix/group1
+skip/osx
+skip/freebsd
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/defaults/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d44dbd377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+# defaults file for test_mysql_info
+db_name: data
+user_name: alice
+user_pass: alice
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1892924b21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+dependencies:
+  - setup_mysql_db
+  - setup_remote_tmp_dir
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4c1be92ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+# Test code for mysql_info module
+# Copyright: (c) 2019, Andrew Klychkov (@Andersson007) <aaklychkov@mail.ru>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+###################
+# Prepare for tests
+#
+
+# Create role for tests
+- name: mysql_info -  create mysql user {{ user_name }}
+  mysql_user:
+    name: '{{ user_name }}'
+    password: '{{ user_pass }}'
+    state: present
+    priv: '*.*:ALL'
+    login_unix_socket: '{{ mysql_socket }}'
+
+# Create default MySQL config file with credentials
+- name: mysql_info - create default config file
+  template:
+    src: my.cnf.j2
+    dest: '/root/.my.cnf'
+    mode: 0400
+
+# Create non-default MySQL config file with credentials
+- name: mysql_info - create non-default config file
+  template:
+    src: my.cnf.j2
+    dest: '/root/non-default_my.cnf'
+    mode: 0400
+
+###############
+# Do tests
+
+# Access by default cred file
+- name: mysql_info - collect default cred file
+  mysql_info:
+    login_user: '{{ user_name }}'
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+    - result.changed == false
+    - result.version != {}
+    - result.settings != {}
+    - result.databases != {}
+    - result.engines != {}
+    - result.users != {}
+
+# Access by non-default cred file
+- name: mysql_info - check non-default cred file
+  mysql_info:
+    login_user: '{{ user_name }}'
+    config_file: '/root/non-default_my.cnf'
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+    - result.changed == false
+    - result.version != {}
+
+# Remove cred files
+- name: mysql_info - remove cred files
+  file:
+    path: '{{ item }}'
+    state: absent
+  with_items:
+  - '/root/.my.cnf'
+  - '/root/non-default_my.cnf'
+
+# Access with password
+- name: mysql_info - check access with password
+  mysql_info:
+    login_user: '{{ user_name }}'
+    login_password: '{{ user_pass }}'
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+    - result.changed == false
+    - result.version != {}
+
+# Test excluding
+- name: Collect all info except settings and users
+  mysql_info:
+    login_user: '{{ user_name }}'
+    login_password: '{{ user_pass }}'
+    filter: "!settings,!users"
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+    - result.changed == false
+    - result.version != {}
+    - result.databases != {}
+    - result.engines != {}
+    - result.settings is not defined
+    - result.users is not defined
+
+# Test including
+- name: Collect info only about version and databases
+  mysql_info:
+    login_user: '{{ user_name }}'
+    login_password: '{{ user_pass }}'
+    filter:
+    - version
+    - databases
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+    - result.changed == false
+    - result.version != {}
+    - result.databases != {}
+    - result.engines is not defined
+    - result.settings is not defined
+    - result.users is not defined
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/templates/my.cnf.j2 b/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/templates/my.cnf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..467afa0746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/mysql_info/templates/my.cnf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[client]
+user={{ user_name }}
+password={{ user_pass }}