diff --git a/homeassistant/components/recorder/purge.py b/homeassistant/components/recorder/purge.py
index 833926af219..8b0b71e24ae 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/recorder/purge.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/recorder/purge.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def purge_old_data(instance, purge_days: int, repack: bool) -> bool:
                 _LOGGER.debug("Vacuuming SQL DB to free space")
                 instance.engine.execute("VACUUM")
             # Optimize mysql / mariadb tables to free up space on disk
-            elif instance.engine.driver == "mysqldb":
+            elif instance.engine.driver in ("mysqldb", "pymysql"):
                 _LOGGER.debug("Optimizing SQL DB to free space")
                 instance.engine.execute("OPTIMIZE TABLE states, events, recorder_runs")