diff --git a/rattail_fabric2/mysql.py b/rattail_fabric2/mysql.py
index cb14740..889fa7a 100644
--- a/rattail_fabric2/mysql.py
+++ b/rattail_fabric2/mysql.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2020 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2021 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -149,15 +149,17 @@ def script(c, path, database=''):
     c.sudo("bash -c 'mysql {} < {}'".format(database, path))
 
 
-def download_db(c, name, destination=None):
+def download_db(c, name, destination=None, **kwargs):
     """
     Download a database from the "current" server.
     """
     if destination is None:
         destination = './{}.sql.gz'.format(name)
+    triggers = '--skip-triggers' if kwargs.get('skip_triggers') else ''
+    mysqldump = 'mysqldump {0} --result-file={1}.sql {1}'.format(triggers, name)
     # note, we force sudo "as root" to ensure -H flag is used
     # (which allows us to leverage /root/.my.cnf config file)
-    c.sudo('mysqldump --result-file={0}.sql {0}'.format(name), user='root')
+    c.sudo(mysqldump, user='root')
     c.sudo('gzip --force {}.sql'.format(name))
     c.get('{}.sql.gz'.format(name), destination)
     c.sudo('rm {}.sql.gz'.format(name))