diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index ce683867b7..a56d4e04d5 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug #16394: Fixed issues in `migrate/create` when specifying default values with colons and adding multiple columns (alexkart)
 - Bug #17341: Re-added fix for error from yii.activeForm.js in strict mode (mikehaertl)
 - Enh #17396: Added 'invoked by controller' to the debug log message when `\yii\base\Action` is used (alexkart)
+- Bug #17325: Fixed "Cannot drop view" for MySQL while `migrate/fresh` (alexkart)
 - Bug #17384: Fixed SQL error when passing `DISTINCT ON` queries (brandonkelly)
 
 
diff --git a/framework/console/controllers/MigrateController.php b/framework/console/controllers/MigrateController.php
index c5522d0eab..f2322a1680 100644
--- a/framework/console/controllers/MigrateController.php
+++ b/framework/console/controllers/MigrateController.php
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class MigrateController extends BaseMigrateController
                 $db->createCommand()->dropTable($schema->name)->execute();
                 $this->stdout("Table {$schema->name} dropped.\n");
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                if (strpos($e->getMessage(), 'DROP VIEW to delete view') !== false) {
+                if ($this->isViewRelated($e->getMessage())) {
                     $db->createCommand()->dropView($schema->name)->execute();
                     $this->stdout("View {$schema->name} dropped.\n");
                 } else {
@@ -324,6 +324,27 @@ class MigrateController extends BaseMigrateController
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Determines whether the error message is related to deleting a view or not
+     * @param $errorMessage
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    private function isViewRelated($errorMessage)
+    {
+        $dropViewErrors = [
+            'DROP VIEW to delete view', // SQLite
+            'SQLSTATE[42S02]', // MySQL
+        ];
+
+        foreach ($dropViewErrors as $dropViewError) {
+            if (strpos($errorMessage, $dropViewError) !== false) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index 4dbe1504ae..c03501fe90 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
 
     /**
      * Returns a test configuration param from /data/config.php.
-     * @param  string $name params name
-     * @param  mixed $default default value to use when param is not set.
+     * @param string $name params name
+     * @param mixed $default default value to use when param is not set.
      * @return mixed  the value of the configuration param
      */
     public static function getParam($name, $default = null)
@@ -216,4 +216,20 @@ abstract class TestCase extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
     {
         self::assertThat($actual, new IsOneOfAssert($expected), $message);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Changes db component config
+     * @param $db
+     */
+    protected function switchDbConnection($db)
+    {
+        $databases = $this->getParam('databases');
+        if (isset($databases[$db])) {
+            $database = $databases[$db];
+            Yii::$app->db->close();
+            Yii::$app->db->dsn = isset($database['dsn']) ? $database['dsn'] : null;
+            Yii::$app->db->username = isset($database['username']) ? $database['username'] : null;
+            Yii::$app->db->password = isset($database['password']) ? $database['password'] : null;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/framework/console/controllers/MigrateControllerTest.php b/tests/framework/console/controllers/MigrateControllerTest.php
index 080c40b2e0..5651dc0b5f 100644
--- a/tests/framework/console/controllers/MigrateControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/framework/console/controllers/MigrateControllerTest.php
@@ -286,9 +286,16 @@ class MigrateControllerTest extends TestCase
 
     /**
      * Test the migrate:fresh command.
+     * @dataProvider refreshMigrationDataProvider
+     * @param $db
+     * @throws \yii\db\Exception
      */
-    public function testRefreshMigration()
+    public function testRefreshMigration($db)
     {
+        if ($db !== 'default') {
+            $this->switchDbConnection($db);
+        }
+
         Yii::$app->db->createCommand('create table hall_of_fame(id int, string varchar(255))')
             ->execute();
 
@@ -310,6 +317,14 @@ class MigrateControllerTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertContains('No new migrations found. Your system is up-to-date.', $result);
     }
 
+    public function refreshMigrationDataProvider()
+    {
+        return [
+            ['default'],
+            ['mysql'],
+        ];
+    }
+
     /**
      * @see https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/issues/12980
      */