diff --git a/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/load.php b/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/load.php
index 41c7d803..6e1d2d8f 100644
--- a/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/load.php
+++ b/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/load.php
@@ -12,8 +12,24 @@
 require_once __DIR__ . '/parser/class-wp-parser-node.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/parser/class-wp-parser-token.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/mysql/class-wp-mysql-token.php';
-require_once __DIR__ . '/mysql/class-wp-mysql-lexer.php';
-require_once __DIR__ . '/mysql/class-wp-mysql-parser.php';
+
+/*
+ * The MySQL lexer and parser have an optional native (e.g. Rust) implementation.
+ * When the native extension is loaded, it pre-declares WP_MySQL_Native_Lexer /
+ * WP_MySQL_Native_Parser; otherwise we fall back to the pure-PHP classes shipped
+ * here. WP_MySQL_Lexer / WP_MySQL_Parser is the public entrypoint either way.
+ */
+if ( class_exists( 'WP_MySQL_Native_Lexer', false ) ) {
+	require_once __DIR__ . '/mysql/native/class-wp-mysql-lexer.php';
+} else {
+	require_once __DIR__ . '/mysql/class-wp-mysql-lexer.php';
+}
+
+if ( class_exists( 'WP_MySQL_Native_Parser', false ) ) {
+	require_once __DIR__ . '/mysql/native/class-wp-mysql-parser.php';
+} else {
+	require_once __DIR__ . '/mysql/class-wp-mysql-parser.php';
+}
 require_once __DIR__ . '/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-connection.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-configurator.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-driver.php';
diff --git a/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/mysql/native/class-wp-mysql-lexer.php b/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/mysql/native/class-wp-mysql-lexer.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..def8ca3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/mysql/native/class-wp-mysql-lexer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+
+class WP_MySQL_Lexer extends WP_MySQL_Native_Lexer {}
diff --git a/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/mysql/native/class-wp-mysql-parser.php b/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/mysql/native/class-wp-mysql-parser.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3209cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/mysql/native/class-wp-mysql-parser.php
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?php
+
+class WP_MySQL_Parser extends WP_MySQL_Native_Parser {}