diff --git a/mysql/assets/configuration/spec.yaml b/mysql/assets/configuration/spec.yaml
index ece7d2676f0bf..f4b27f3974804 100644
--- a/mysql/assets/configuration/spec.yaml
+++ b/mysql/assets/configuration/spec.yaml
@@ -335,6 +335,22 @@ files:
               type: boolean
               example: false
               display_default: false
+          - name: collect_settings
+            description: Configure collection of performance_schema.global_variables. This is an alpha feature.
+            options:
+              - name: enabled
+                description: |
+                  Enable collection of performance_schema.global_variables. Requires `dbm: true`.
+                value:
+                  type: boolean
+                  example: false
+              - name: collection_interval
+                description: |
+                  Set the database settings collection interval (in seconds). Each collection involves a single query to
+                  `performance_schema.global_variables`.
+                value:
+                  type: number
+                  example: 600
           - name: query_metrics
             description: Configure collection of query metrics
             options:
diff --git a/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/config.py b/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/config.py
index 51d9093d027b6..0590be8dc319e 100644
--- a/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/config.py
+++ b/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/config.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ def __init__(self, instance):
         )
         self.statement_samples_config = instance.get('query_samples', instance.get('statement_samples', {})) or {}
         self.statement_metrics_config = instance.get('query_metrics', {}) or {}
+        self.settings_config = instance.get('collect_settings', {}) or {}
         self.activity_config = instance.get('query_activity', {}) or {}
         self.cloud_metadata = {}
         aws = instance.get('aws', {})
diff --git a/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/config_models/instance.py b/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/config_models/instance.py
index d233b0ad48b9e..865bad7fab297 100644
--- a/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/config_models/instance.py
+++ b/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/config_models/instance.py
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ class Azure(BaseModel):
     fully_qualified_domain_name: Optional[str] = None
 
 
+class CollectSettings(BaseModel):
+    model_config = ConfigDict(
+        arbitrary_types_allowed=True,
+        frozen=True,
+    )
+    collection_interval: Optional[float] = None
+    enabled: Optional[bool] = None
+
+
 class CustomQuery(BaseModel):
     model_config = ConfigDict(
         arbitrary_types_allowed=True,
@@ -157,6 +166,7 @@ class InstanceConfig(BaseModel):
     aws: Optional[Aws] = None
     azure: Optional[Azure] = None
     charset: Optional[str] = None
+    collect_settings: Optional[CollectSettings] = None
     connect_timeout: Optional[float] = None
     custom_queries: Optional[tuple[CustomQuery, ...]] = None
     dbm: Optional[bool] = None
diff --git a/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/data/conf.yaml.example b/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/data/conf.yaml.example
index dba884041310c..ea3653318c412 100644
--- a/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/data/conf.yaml.example
+++ b/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/data/conf.yaml.example
@@ -334,6 +334,21 @@ instances:
     #
     # dbm: false
 
+    ## Configure collection of performance_schema.global_variables. This is an alpha feature.
+    #
+    # collect_settings:
+
+        ## @param enabled - boolean - optional - default: false
+        ## Enable collection of performance_schema.global_variables. Requires `dbm: true`.
+        #
+        # enabled: false
+
+        ## @param collection_interval - number - optional - default: 600
+        ## Set the database settings collection interval (in seconds). Each collection involves a single query to
+        ## `performance_schema.global_variables`.
+        #
+        # collection_interval: 600
+
     ## Configure collection of query metrics
     #
     # query_metrics:
diff --git a/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/metadata.py b/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/metadata.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0bf68b9dfdea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/metadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# (C) Datadog, Inc. 2023-present
+# All rights reserved
+# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license (see LICENSE)
+import time
+from contextlib import closing
+from operator import attrgetter
+
+import pymysql
+
+try:
+    import datadog_agent
+except ImportError:
+    from ..stubs import datadog_agent
+
+from datadog_checks.base import is_affirmative
+from datadog_checks.base.utils.db.utils import (
+    DBMAsyncJob,
+    default_json_event_encoding,
+)
+from datadog_checks.base.utils.serialization import json
+from datadog_checks.base.utils.tracking import tracked_method
+
+# default pg_settings collection interval in seconds
+DEFAULT_SETTINGS_COLLECTION_INTERVAL = 600
+
+MARIADB_TABLE_NAME = "information_schema.GLOBAL_VARIABLES"
+MYSQL_TABLE_NAME = "performance_schema.global_variables"
+
+SETTINGS_QUERY = """
+SELECT
+    variable_name,
+    variable_value
+FROM
+    {table_name}
+"""
+
+
+class MySQLMetadata(DBMAsyncJob):
+    """
+    Collects database metadata. Supports:
+    1. collection of performance_schema.global_variables
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, check, config, connection_args):
+        self.collection_interval = float(
+            config.settings_config.get('collection_interval', DEFAULT_SETTINGS_COLLECTION_INTERVAL)
+        )
+        super(MySQLMetadata, self).__init__(
+            check,
+            rate_limit=1 / self.collection_interval,
+            run_sync=is_affirmative(config.settings_config.get('run_sync', False)),
+            enabled=is_affirmative(config.settings_config.get('enabled', False)),
+            min_collection_interval=config.min_collection_interval,
+            dbms="mysql",
+            expected_db_exceptions=(pymysql.err.DatabaseError,),
+            job_name="database-metadata",
+            shutdown_callback=self._close_db_conn,
+        )
+        self._check = check
+        self._config = config
+        self._version_processed = False
+        self._connection_args = connection_args
+        self._db = None
+        self._check = check
+
+    def _get_db_connection(self):
+        """
+        lazy reconnect db
+        pymysql connections are not thread safe so we can't reuse the same connection from the main check
+        :return:
+        """
+        if not self._db:
+            self._db = pymysql.connect(**self._connection_args)
+        return self._db
+
+    def _close_db_conn(self):
+        if self._db:
+            try:
+                self._db.close()
+            except Exception:
+                self._log.debug("Failed to close db connection", exc_info=1)
+            finally:
+                self._db = None
+
+    def _cursor_run(self, cursor, query, params=None):
+        """
+        Run and log the query. If provided, obfuscated params are logged in place of the regular params.
+        """
+        try:
+            self._log.debug("Running query [{}] params={}".format(query, params))
+            cursor.execute(query, params)
+        except pymysql.DatabaseError as e:
+            self._check.count(
+                "dd.mysql.db.error",
+                1,
+                tags=self._tags + ["error:{}".format(type(e))] + self._check._get_debug_tags(),
+                hostname=self._check.resolved_hostname,
+            )
+            raise
+
+    def run_job(self):
+        self.report_mysql_metadata()
+
+    @tracked_method(agent_check_getter=attrgetter('_check'))
+    def report_mysql_metadata(self):
+        settings = []
+        table_name = MYSQL_TABLE_NAME if not self._check.is_mariadb else MARIADB_TABLE_NAME
+        query = SETTINGS_QUERY.format(table_name=table_name)
+        with closing(self._get_db_connection().cursor(pymysql.cursors.DictCursor)) as cursor:
+            self._cursor_run(
+                cursor,
+                query,
+            )
+            rows = cursor.fetchall()
+            settings = [dict(row) for row in rows]
+        event = {
+            "host": self._check.resolved_hostname,
+            "agent_version": datadog_agent.get_version(),
+            "dbms": "mysql",
+            "kind": "mysql_variables",
+            "collection_interval": self.collection_interval,
+            'dbms_version': self._check.version.version + '+' + self._check.version.build,
+            "tags": self._tags,
+            "timestamp": time.time() * 1000,
+            "cloud_metadata": self._config.cloud_metadata,
+            "metadata": settings,
+        }
+        self._check.database_monitoring_metadata(json.dumps(event, default=default_json_event_encoding))
diff --git a/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/mysql.py b/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/mysql.py
index 653ece013cfda..82463cd75f9f4 100644
--- a/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/mysql.py
+++ b/mysql/datadog_checks/mysql/mysql.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     VARIABLES_VARS,
 )
 from .innodb_metrics import InnoDBMetrics
+from .metadata import MySQLMetadata
 from .queries import (
     QUERY_USER_CONNECTIONS,
     SQL_95TH_PERCENTILE,
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ def __init__(self, name, init_config, instances):
         self._warnings_by_code = {}
         self._statement_metrics = MySQLStatementMetrics(self, self._config, self._get_connection_args())
         self._statement_samples = MySQLStatementSamples(self, self._config, self._get_connection_args())
+        self._mysql_metadata = MySQLMetadata(self, self._config, self._get_connection_args())
         self._query_activity = MySQLActivity(self, self._config, self._get_connection_args())
 
         self._runtime_queries = None
@@ -274,6 +276,7 @@ def check(self, _):
                     self._statement_metrics.run_job_loop(dbm_tags)
                     self._statement_samples.run_job_loop(dbm_tags)
                     self._query_activity.run_job_loop(dbm_tags)
+                    self._mysql_metadata.run_job_loop(dbm_tags)
 
                 # keeping track of these:
                 self._put_qcache_stats()
@@ -292,6 +295,7 @@ def cancel(self):
         self._statement_samples.cancel()
         self._statement_metrics.cancel()
         self._query_activity.cancel()
+        self._mysql_metadata.cancel()
 
     def _new_query_executor(self, queries):
         return QueryExecutor(
diff --git a/mysql/tests/test_metadata.py b/mysql/tests/test_metadata.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f917123551868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# (C) Datadog, Inc. 2023-present
+# All rights reserved
+# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license (see LICENSE)
+import pytest
+
+from datadog_checks.mysql import MySql
+
+from . import common
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def dbm_instance(instance_complex):
+    instance_complex['dbm'] = True
+    instance_complex['query_samples'] = {'enabled': False}
+    instance_complex['query_metrics'] = {'enabled': False}
+    instance_complex['query_activity'] = {'enabled': False}
+    instance_complex['collect_settings'] = {'enabled': True, 'run_sync': True, 'collection_interval': 0.1}
+    return instance_complex
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures('dd_environment')
+def test_collect_mysql_settings(aggregator, dbm_instance, dd_run_check):
+    # test to make sure we continue to support the old key
+    mysql_check = MySql(common.CHECK_NAME, {}, instances=[dbm_instance])
+    dd_run_check(mysql_check)
+    dbm_metadata = aggregator.get_event_platform_events("dbm-metadata")
+    event = dbm_metadata[0]
+    assert event['host'] == "stubbed.hostname"
+    assert event['dbms'] == "mysql"
+    assert event['kind'] == "mysql_variables"
+    assert len(event["metadata"]) > 0