diff --git a/components/usage/cmd/run.go b/components/usage/cmd/run.go
index ad56205b22b851..543d927472a7cb 100644
--- a/components/usage/cmd/run.go
+++ b/components/usage/cmd/run.go
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/baseserver"
 	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/common-go/log"
+	"github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/usage/pkg/db"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"net"
+	"os"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -28,6 +31,16 @@ func run() *cobra.Command {
 
 			log.Info("Hello world usage server")
 
+			_, err := db.Connect(db.ConnectionParams{
+				User:     os.Getenv("DB_USERNAME"),
+				Password: os.Getenv("DB_PASSWORD"),
+				Host:     net.JoinHostPort(os.Getenv("DB_HOST"), os.Getenv("DB_PORT")),
+				Database: "gitpod",
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				log.WithError(err).Fatal("Failed to establish database connection.")
+			}
+
 			srv, err := baseserver.New("usage")
 			if err != nil {
 				log.WithError(err).Fatal("Failed to initialize server.")
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/deployment.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/deployment.go
index 5f5f2ca3704ef2..f8514ece47243b 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/deployment.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/deployment.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 
 func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	labels := common.DefaultLabels(Component)
+
 	return []runtime.Object{
 		&appsv1.Deployment{
 			TypeMeta: common.TypeMetaDeployment,
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ func deployment(ctx *common.RenderContext) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 							},
 							Env: common.MergeEnv(
 								common.DefaultEnv(&ctx.Config),
+								common.DatabaseEnv(&ctx.Config),
 							),
 							LivenessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
 								ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/deployment_test.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/deployment_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9feadc77b12361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/deployment_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Gitpod GmbH. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See License-MIT.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+package usage
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestDeployment_ContainsDBEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := renderContextWithUsageEnabled(t)
+
+	objs, err := deployment(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	dpl, ok := objs[0].(*appsv1.Deployment)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+
+	containers := dpl.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers
+	require.Len(t, containers, 2)
+
+	usageContainer := containers[0]
+	secretRef := corev1.LocalObjectReference{Name: ctx.Config.Database.CloudSQL.ServiceAccount.Name}
+
+	require.Contains(t, usageContainer.Env, corev1.EnvVar{
+		Name:  "DB_HOST",
+		Value: "cloudsqlproxy",
+	})
+	require.Contains(t, usageContainer.Env, corev1.EnvVar{
+		Name:  "DB_PORT",
+		Value: "3306",
+	})
+	require.Contains(t, usageContainer.Env, corev1.EnvVar{
+		Name: "DB_PASSWORD",
+		ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{SecretKeyRef: &corev1.SecretKeySelector{
+			LocalObjectReference: secretRef,
+			Key:                  "password",
+		}},
+	})
+	require.Contains(t, usageContainer.Env, corev1.EnvVar{
+		Name: "DB_USERNAME",
+		ValueFrom: &corev1.EnvVarSource{SecretKeyRef: &corev1.SecretKeySelector{
+			LocalObjectReference: secretRef,
+			Key:                  "username",
+		}},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/objects_test.go b/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/objects_test.go
index d7cf18227701a7..f3ee0e0b6c3999 100644
--- a/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/objects_test.go
+++ b/install/installer/pkg/components/usage/objects_test.go
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ func renderContextWithUsageEnabled(t *testing.T) *common.RenderContext {
 				Usage: &experimental.UsageConfig{Enabled: true},
 			},
 		},
+		Database: config.Database{
+			CloudSQL: &config.DatabaseCloudSQL{
+				ServiceAccount: config.ObjectRef{
+					Name: "gcp-db-creds-service-account-name",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}, versions.Manifest{
 		Components: versions.Components{
 			Usage: versions.Versioned{