diff --git a/modules/jdbc/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/JdbcDatabaseContainer.java b/modules/jdbc/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/JdbcDatabaseContainer.java
index cf6c995528f..ec297a0ef41 100644
--- a/modules/jdbc/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/JdbcDatabaseContainer.java
+++ b/modules/jdbc/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/JdbcDatabaseContainer.java
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ public JdbcDatabaseContainer(final DockerImageName dockerImageName) {
      */
     public abstract String getJdbcUrl();
 
+    /**
+     * @return an R2DBC URL that may be used to connect to the dockerized DB
+     */
+    public String getR2dbcUrl() {
+        String jdbcUrl = getJdbcUrl();
+        // Convert JDBC URL to R2DBC URL by replacing jdbc: with r2dbc:
+        return jdbcUrl.replaceFirst("^jdbc:", "r2dbc:");
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the database name
      */
diff --git a/modules/jdbc/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/JdbcDatabaseContainerTest.java b/modules/jdbc/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/JdbcDatabaseContainerTest.java
index ca41c3f5d1c..45c6bd83395 100644
--- a/modules/jdbc/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/JdbcDatabaseContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/jdbc/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/containers/JdbcDatabaseContainerTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
@@ -20,6 +21,20 @@ void anExceptionIsThrownIfJdbcIsNotAvailable() {
         assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalStateException.class).isThrownBy(jdbcContainer::waitUntilContainerStarted);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void getR2dbcUrlConvertsJdbcUrlToR2dbcUrl() {
+        JdbcDatabaseContainerStub jdbcContainer = new JdbcDatabaseContainerStub("mysql:latest") {
+            @Override
+            public String getJdbcUrl() {
+                return "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test";
+            }
+        };
+
+        String r2dbcUrl = jdbcContainer.getR2dbcUrl();
+
+        assertThat(r2dbcUrl).isEqualTo("r2dbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test");
+    }
+
     static class JdbcDatabaseContainerStub extends JdbcDatabaseContainer {
 
         public JdbcDatabaseContainerStub(@NonNull String dockerImageName) {