diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/285-mysql_user_invoke_lambda_support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/285-mysql_user_invoke_lambda_support.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2daca4fbd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/285-mysql_user_invoke_lambda_support.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- mysql_user - add ``INVOKE LAMBDA`` privilege support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/283).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py b/plugins/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
index d177923703..00a8370955 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ VALID_PRIVS = frozenset(('CREATE', 'DROP', 'GRANT', 'GRANT OPTION',
                          'ROLE_ADMIN', 'SESSION_VARIABLES_ADMIN', 'SET_USER_ID',
                          'SYSTEM_USER', 'SYSTEM_VARIABLES_ADMIN', 'SYSTEM_USER',
                          'TABLE_ENCRYPTION_ADMIN', 'VERSION_TOKEN_ADMIN',
-                         'XA_RECOVER_ADMIN', 'LOAD FROM S3', 'SELECT INTO S3'))
+                         'XA_RECOVER_ADMIN', 'LOAD FROM S3', 'SELECT INTO S3',
+                         'INVOKE LAMBDA'))
 
 
 class InvalidPrivsError(Exception):