diff --git a/pkg/controller.v1alpha3/consts/const.go b/pkg/controller.v1alpha3/consts/const.go
index ba97e9763ad..d2608000d25 100644
--- a/pkg/controller.v1alpha3/consts/const.go
+++ b/pkg/controller.v1alpha3/consts/const.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package consts
 
-import (
-	"os"
-)
+import "github.com/kubeflow/katib/pkg/util/v1alpha3/env"
 
 const (
 	ConfigExperimentSuggestionName = "experiment-suggestion-name"
@@ -31,12 +29,5 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	DefaultKatibNamespace = getEnvOrDefault(DefaultKatibNamespaceEnvName, "kubeflow")
+	DefaultKatibNamespace = env.GetEnvOrDefault(DefaultKatibNamespaceEnvName, "kubeflow")
 )
-
-func getEnvOrDefault(key string, fallback string) string {
-	if value, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok {
-		return value
-	}
-	return fallback
-}
diff --git a/pkg/db/v1alpha3/common/const.go b/pkg/db/v1alpha3/common/const.go
index 818d8bab284..2defdaff849 100644
--- a/pkg/db/v1alpha3/common/const.go
+++ b/pkg/db/v1alpha3/common/const.go
@@ -6,4 +6,10 @@ const (
 	MySqlDBNameEnvValue = "mysql"
 
 	DBPasswordEnvName = "DB_PASSWORD"
+
+	MySQLDBHostEnvName = "MYSQL_HOST"
+	MySQLDBPortEnvName = "MYSQL_PORT"
+
+	DefaultMySQLHost = "katib-db"
+	DefaultMySQLPort = "3306"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/db/v1alpha3/mysql/mysql.go b/pkg/db/v1alpha3/mysql/mysql.go
index dbdb87ec3de..5b7c738933d 100644
--- a/pkg/db/v1alpha3/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/pkg/db/v1alpha3/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ import (
 
 	v1alpha3 "github.com/kubeflow/katib/pkg/apis/manager/v1alpha3"
 	"github.com/kubeflow/katib/pkg/db/v1alpha3/common"
+	"github.com/kubeflow/katib/pkg/util/v1alpha3/env"
 )
 
 const (
 	dbDriver     = "mysql"
-	dbNameTmpl   = "root:%s@tcp(katib-db:3306)/katib?timeout=5s"
+	dbNameTmpl   = "root:%s@tcp(%s:%s)/katib?timeout=5s"
 	mysqlTimeFmt = "2006-01-02 15:04:05.999999"
 
 	connectInterval = 5 * time.Second
@@ -32,7 +33,11 @@ type dbConn struct {
 func getDbName() string {
 	dbPassEnvName := common.DBPasswordEnvName
 	dbPass := os.Getenv(dbPassEnvName)
-	return fmt.Sprintf(dbNameTmpl, dbPass)
+	dbHost := env.GetEnvOrDefault(
+		common.MySQLDBHostEnvName, common.DefaultMySQLHost)
+	dbPort := env.GetEnvOrDefault(
+		common.MySQLDBPortEnvName, common.DefaultMySQLPort)
+	return fmt.Sprintf(dbNameTmpl, dbPass, dbHost, dbPort)
 }
 
 func openSQLConn(driverName string, dataSourceName string, interval time.Duration,
diff --git a/pkg/util/v1alpha3/env/env.go b/pkg/util/v1alpha3/env/env.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3de45f1865f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/v1alpha3/env/env.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package env
+
+import "os"
+
+func GetEnvOrDefault(key string, fallback string) string {
+	if value, ok := os.LookupEnv(key); ok {
+		return value
+	}
+	return fallback
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/v1alpha3/env/env_test.go b/pkg/util/v1alpha3/env/env_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1f5d0caf74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/util/v1alpha3/env/env_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package env
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestGetEnvWithDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := "FAKE"
+	key := "TEST"
+	v := GetEnvOrDefault(key, expected)
+	if v != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", expected, v)
+	}
+	expected = "FAKE1"
+	os.Setenv(key, expected)
+	v = GetEnvOrDefault(key, "")
+	if v != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", expected, v)
+	}
+}