diff --git a/mssql/setup.py b/mssql/setup.py
index c1fd74855..148b71a19 100644
--- a/mssql/setup.py
+++ b/mssql/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
     install_requires=[
         "testcontainers-core",
         "sqlalchemy",
+        # TODO: convert these to extras
         "pymssql",
+        "pyodbc",
     ],
     python_requires=">=3.7",
 )
diff --git a/mssql/testcontainers/mssql/__init__.py b/mssql/testcontainers/mssql/__init__.py
index 678d12891..bfdf379b2 100644
--- a/mssql/testcontainers/mssql/__init__.py
+++ b/mssql/testcontainers/mssql/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from os import environ
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Literal
 from testcontainers.core.generic import DbContainer
 
 
@@ -19,9 +19,31 @@ class SqlServerContainer(DbContainer):
             ...    result = e.execute("select @@VERSION")
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, image: str = "mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest", user: str = "SA",
-                 password: Optional[str] = None, port: int = 1433, dbname: str = "tempdb",
-                 dialect: str = 'mssql+pymssql', **kwargs) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        image: str = "mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest",
+        user: str = "SA",
+        password: Optional[str] = None,
+        port: int = 1433,
+        dbname: str = "tempdb",
+        dialect: Literal["mssql+pymssql", "mssql+pyodbc"] = "mssql+pymssql",
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Initialize SqlServerContainer
+
+        Args:
+            image: MSSQL Server image. For example, use a specific version
+            user: DB user name
+            password: DB password
+            port: Port to be exposed
+            dbname: Database name
+            dialect: SQLAlchemy database dialect. Allowed values are
+                * 'mssql+pymssql': Uses `pymssql <https://github.com/pymssql/pymssql>`_ driver
+                * 'mssql+pyodbc': Uses `pyodbc <https://github.com/mkleehammer/pyodbc>`_ driver
+                This also defines the driver that is used to connect to the database.
+            kwargs: Keyword arguments passed to initialization of underlying docker container
+        """
         super(SqlServerContainer, self).__init__(image, **kwargs)
 
         self.port_to_expose = port
@@ -36,10 +58,32 @@ def _configure(self) -> None:
         self.with_env("SA_PASSWORD", self.SQLSERVER_PASSWORD)
         self.with_env("SQLSERVER_USER", self.SQLSERVER_USER)
         self.with_env("SQLSERVER_DBNAME", self.SQLSERVER_DBNAME)
-        self.with_env("ACCEPT_EULA", 'Y')
+        self.with_env("ACCEPT_EULA", "Y")
 
     def get_connection_url(self) -> str:
-        return super()._create_connection_url(
-            dialect=self.dialect, username=self.SQLSERVER_USER, password=self.SQLSERVER_PASSWORD,
-            db_name=self.SQLSERVER_DBNAME, port=self.port_to_expose
+        url = super()._create_connection_url(
+            dialect=self.dialect,
+            username=self.SQLSERVER_USER,
+            password=self.SQLSERVER_PASSWORD,
+            db_name=self.SQLSERVER_DBNAME,
+            port=self.port_to_expose,
         )
+        if self.dialect == "mssql+pyodbc":
+            url += f"?driver={self._get_url_suffix_for_latest_pyodbc_version()}"
+        return url
+
+    def _get_url_suffix_for_latest_pyodbc_version(self):
+        import pyodbc
+        import re
+
+        r = re.compile(r"ODBC Driver \d{1,2} for SQL Server")
+        # We sort drivers in reversed order to get the latest
+        drivers = sorted(list(filter(r.match, pyodbc.drivers())), reverse=True)
+        version_numbers = [int(v) for v in re.findall(r"\d{1,2}", "".join(drivers))]
+        max_version_index = version_numbers.index(max(version_numbers))
+        if len(drivers) > 0:
+            driver_str = drivers[max_version_index].replace(" ", "+")
+        else:
+            raise ImportError(f"No driver available for using dialect {self.dialect}")
+
+        return driver_str
diff --git a/mssql/tests/test_mssql.py b/mssql/tests/test_mssql.py
index 63b0a0135..aa67020cb 100644
--- a/mssql/tests/test_mssql.py
+++ b/mssql/tests/test_mssql.py
@@ -1,18 +1,37 @@
+import re
+
 import sqlalchemy
 from testcontainers.mssql import SqlServerContainer
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 
 def test_docker_run_mssql():
-    image = 'mcr.microsoft.com/azure-sql-edge'
-    dialect = 'mssql+pymssql'
-    with SqlServerContainer(image, dialect=dialect) as mssql:
-        e = sqlalchemy.create_engine(mssql.get_connection_url())
-        result = e.execute('select @@servicename')
-        for row in result:
-            assert row[0] == 'MSSQLSERVER'
+    image = "mcr.microsoft.com/azure-sql-edge"
+    dialects = ["mssql+pymssql", "mssql+pyodbc"]
+    ends_withs = ["tempdb", "for+SQL+Server"]
+    for dialect, end_with in zip(dialects, ends_withs):
+        with SqlServerContainer(dialect=dialect) as mssql:
+            url = mssql.get_connection_url()
+            assert url.endswith(end_with)
+            e = sqlalchemy.create_engine(url)
+            result = e.execute("select @@servicename")
+            for row in result:
+                assert row[0] == "MSSQLSERVER"
 
     with SqlServerContainer(image, password="1Secure*Password2", dialect=dialect) as mssql:
         e = sqlalchemy.create_engine(mssql.get_connection_url())
-        result = e.execute('select @@servicename')
+        result = e.execute("select @@servicename")
         for row in result:
-            assert row[0] == 'MSSQLSERVER'
+            assert row[0] == "MSSQLSERVER"
+
+
+def test_get_url_suffix_for_latest_pyodbc_version():
+    container = SqlServerContainer()
+
+    version_numbers = [10, 8]
+    with patch(
+        "pyodbc.drivers", return_value=[f"ODBC Driver {v} for SQL Server" for v in version_numbers]
+    ):
+        driver_str = container._get_url_suffix_for_latest_pyodbc_version()
+        latest_version = int(re.findall(r"\d{1,2}", driver_str)[0])
+    assert latest_version == max(version_numbers)