diff --git a/app/Support/DatabaseImport/DatabaseImportCommandBuilder.php b/app/Support/DatabaseImport/DatabaseImportCommandBuilder.php
index 2b75c8b78a..7dcbb7e216 100644
--- a/app/Support/DatabaseImport/DatabaseImportCommandBuilder.php
+++ b/app/Support/DatabaseImport/DatabaseImportCommandBuilder.php
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ class DatabaseImportCommandBuilder
                 : 'pg_restore --exit-on-error'.($replaceExisting ? ' --clean --if-exists' : '').' -U $POSTGRES_USER -d ${POSTGRES_DB:-${POSTGRES_USER:-postgres}} '.$path,
             'mysql' => $dumpAll
                 ? $this->mysqlDumpAll('mysql', 'MYSQL', $path)
-                : 'mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < '.$path,
+                : '(gunzip -cf '.$path.' 2>/dev/null || cat '.$path.') | mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE',
             'mariadb' => $dumpAll
                 ? $this->mysqlDumpAll('mariadb', 'MARIADB', $path)
-                : 'mariadb -u $MARIADB_USER -p$MARIADB_PASSWORD $MARIADB_DATABASE < '.$path,
+                : '(gunzip -cf '.$path.' 2>/dev/null || cat '.$path.') | mariadb -u $MARIADB_USER -p$MARIADB_PASSWORD $MARIADB_DATABASE',
             'mongodb' => 'mongorestore --authenticationDatabase=admin --username $MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME --password $MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD --uri mongodb://localhost:27017 --gzip --archive='.$path,
             default => throw new InvalidArgumentException('Database import is not supported for this database type.'),
         };
diff --git a/tests/Unit/DatabaseImport/DatabaseImportCommandBuilderTest.php b/tests/Unit/DatabaseImport/DatabaseImportCommandBuilderTest.php
index e5cd4abcc4..77d882895b 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/DatabaseImport/DatabaseImportCommandBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/DatabaseImport/DatabaseImportCommandBuilderTest.php
@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ test('builds database-specific restore commands', function (string $class, ?stri
     'service mongo' => [ServiceDatabase::class, 'mongodb', 'mongorestore'],
 ]);
 
+test('decompresses gzip backups for single-database mysql and mariadb restores', function (string $class, ?string $type, string $client) {
+    $builder = new DatabaseImportCommandBuilder;
+
+    $command = $builder->buildRestoreCommand(importResource($class, $type), '/tmp/restore file.sql.gz', false);
+
+    expect($command)->toBe(
+        "(gunzip -cf '/tmp/restore file.sql.gz' 2>/dev/null || cat '/tmp/restore file.sql.gz') | {$client}"
+    );
+})->with([
+    'mysql' => [StandaloneMysql::class, null, 'mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE'],
+    'mariadb' => [StandaloneMariadb::class, null, 'mariadb -u $MARIADB_USER -p$MARIADB_PASSWORD $MARIADB_DATABASE'],
+    'service mysql' => [ServiceDatabase::class, 'mysql', 'mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE'],
+    'service mariadb' => [ServiceDatabase::class, 'mariadb', 'mariadb -u $MARIADB_USER -p$MARIADB_PASSWORD $MARIADB_DATABASE'],
+]);
+
 test('builds dump-all commands and postgres safety scan', function () {
     $builder = new DatabaseImportCommandBuilder;
     $postgres = importResource(StandalonePostgresql::class);
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Livewire/Database/S3RestoreTest.php b/tests/Unit/Livewire/Database/S3RestoreTest.php
index e961f1317c..a0acf229d8 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Livewire/Database/S3RestoreTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Livewire/Database/S3RestoreTest.php
@@ -132,23 +132,23 @@ test('dump-all PostgreSQL restore selects the client for the dump format', funct
 test('buildRestoreCommand handles MySQL without dumpAll', function () {
     $component = importFormWithResource('App\Models\StandaloneMysql');
     $component->dumpAll = false;
-    $component->mysqlRestoreCommand = 'mysql -u $MYSQL_USER -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE';
 
     $result = $component->buildRestoreCommand('/tmp/test.dump');
 
     expect($result)->toContain('mysql -u $MYSQL_USER');
-    expect($result)->toContain("< '/tmp/test.dump'");
+    expect($result)->toContain("(gunzip -cf '/tmp/test.dump' 2>/dev/null || cat '/tmp/test.dump') | mysql");
+    expect($result)->not->toContain("< '/tmp/test.dump'");
 });
 
 test('buildRestoreCommand handles MariaDB without dumpAll', function () {
     $component = importFormWithResource('App\Models\StandaloneMariadb');
     $component->dumpAll = false;
-    $component->mariadbRestoreCommand = 'mariadb -u $MARIADB_USER -p$MARIADB_PASSWORD $MARIADB_DATABASE';
 
     $result = $component->buildRestoreCommand('/tmp/test.dump');
 
     expect($result)->toContain('mariadb -u $MARIADB_USER');
-    expect($result)->toContain("< '/tmp/test.dump'");
+    expect($result)->toContain("(gunzip -cf '/tmp/test.dump' 2>/dev/null || cat '/tmp/test.dump') | mariadb");
+    expect($result)->not->toContain("< '/tmp/test.dump'");
 });
 
 test('buildRestoreCommand always appends the MongoDB archive path', function (bool $dumpAll) {