diff --git a/modules/mssql/testcontainers/mssql/__init__.py b/modules/mssql/testcontainers/mssql/__init__.py
index 6cee3681..cd966dd5 100644
--- a/modules/mssql/testcontainers/mssql/__init__.py
+++ b/modules/mssql/testcontainers/mssql/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ class SqlServerContainer(DbContainer):
             ...    engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(mssql.get_connection_url())
             ...    with engine.begin() as connection:
             ...        result = connection.execute(sqlalchemy.text("select @@VERSION"))
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    Requires `ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/
+    linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server>`_.
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -31,6 +36,7 @@ def __init__(
         port: int = 1433,
         dbname: str = "tempdb",
         dialect: str = "mssql+pymssql",
+        driver: str = "ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server",
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
         raise_for_deprecated_parameter(kwargs, "user", "username")
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.username = username
         self.dbname = dbname
         self.dialect = dialect
+        self.driver = driver
 
     def _configure(self) -> None:
         self.with_env("SA_PASSWORD", self.password)
@@ -56,6 +63,8 @@ def _connect(self) -> None:
         assert status == 0, "Cannot run 'SELECT 1': container is not ready"
 
     def get_connection_url(self) -> str:
-        return super()._create_connection_url(
+        base_url = super()._create_connection_url(
             dialect=self.dialect, username=self.username, password=self.password, dbname=self.dbname, port=self.port
         )
+        url = base_url + f"?driver={'+'.join(self.driver.split(' '))}"
+        return url
diff --git a/mssql/testcontainers/mssql/__init__.py b/mssql/testcontainers/mssql/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e28db35f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mssql/testcontainers/mssql/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+from os import environ
+from typing import Optional
+from testcontainers.core.generic import DbContainer
+from testcontainers.core.utils import raise_for_deprecated_parameter
+
+
+class SqlServerContainer(DbContainer):
+    """
+    Microsoft SQL Server database container.
+
+    Example:
+
+        .. doctest::
+
+            >>> import sqlalchemy
+            >>> from testcontainers.mssql import SqlServerContainer
+
+        >>> with SqlServerContainer() as mssql:
+        ...    engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(mssql.get_connection_url())
+        ...    result = engine.execute(sqlalchemy.text("select @@VERSION"))
+    Notes
+    -----
+    Requires `ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/
+    linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server>`_.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, image: str = "mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest",
+                 username: str = "SA", password: Optional[str] = None, port: int = 1433,
+                 dbname: str = "tempdb", dialect: str = 'mssql+pymssql', driver: str = "ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server", **kwargs) -> None:
+        raise_for_deprecated_parameter(kwargs, "user", "username")
+        super(SqlServerContainer, self).__init__(image, **kwargs)
+
+        self.port = port
+        self.with_exposed_ports(self.port)
+
+        self.password = password or environ.get("SQLSERVER_PASSWORD", "1Secure*Password1")
+        self.username = username
+        self.dbname = dbname
+        self.dialect = dialect
+        self.driver = driver
+
+    def _configure(self) -> None:
+        self.with_env("SA_PASSWORD", self.password)
+        self.with_env("SQLSERVER_USER", self.username)
+        self.with_env("SQLSERVER_DBNAME", self.dbname)
+        self.with_env("ACCEPT_EULA", 'Y')
+
+    def get_connection_url(self) -> str:
+        base_url = super(SqlServerContainer, self)._create_connection_url(
+            dialect=self.dialect, username=self.username, password=self.password,
+            db_name=self.dbname, port=self.port
+        )
+        url = base_url + f"?driver={'+'.join(self.driver.split(' '))}"
+        return url
+