diff --git a/doc/build/changelog/unreleased_14/8588.rst b/doc/build/changelog/unreleased_14/8588.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..879b8b2907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/build/changelog/unreleased_14/8588.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.. change::
+    :tags: bug, mysql
+    :tickets: 8588
+
+    Adjusted the regular expression used to match "CREATE VIEW" when
+    testing for views to work more flexibly, no longer requiring the
+    special keyword "ALGORITHM" in the middle, which was intended to be
+    optional but was not working correctly.  The change allows view reflection
+    to work more completely on MySQL-compatible variants such as StarRocks.
+    Pull request courtesy John Bodley.
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diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py
index 111c63bff1..70b60a0a0f 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py
@@ -3107,7 +3107,7 @@ class MySQLDialect(default.DefaultDialect):
         sql = self._show_create_table(
             connection, None, charset, full_name=full_name
         )
-        if re.match(r"^CREATE (?:ALGORITHM)?.* VIEW", sql):
+        if parser._check_view(sql):
             # Adapt views to something table-like.
             columns = self._describe_table(
                 connection, None, charset, full_name=full_name
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/reflection.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/reflection.py
index 27394bbe9f..f536496d46 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/reflection.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/reflection.py
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ class MySQLTableDefinitionParser(object):
                     pass
         return state
 
+    def _check_view(self, sql):
+        return bool(self._re_is_view.match(sql))
+
     def _parse_constraints(self, line):
         """Parse a KEY or CONSTRAINT line.
 
@@ -349,6 +352,8 @@ class MySQLTableDefinitionParser(object):
             self.preparer._unescape_identifier,
         )
 
+        self._re_is_view = _re_compile(r"^CREATE(?! TABLE)(\s.*)?\sVIEW")
+
         # `col`,`col2`(32),`col3`(15) DESC
         #
         self._re_keyexprs = _re_compile(
diff --git a/test/dialect/mysql/test_reflection.py b/test/dialect/mysql/test_reflection.py
index 4c763a6483..529d352a2a 100644
--- a/test/dialect/mysql/test_reflection.py
+++ b/test/dialect/mysql/test_reflection.py
@@ -1122,8 +1122,6 @@ class ReflectionTest(fixtures.TestBase, AssertsCompiledSQL):
 
 
 class RawReflectionTest(fixtures.TestBase):
-    __backend__ = True
-
     def setup_test(self):
         dialect = mysql.dialect()
         self.parser = _reflection.MySQLTableDefinitionParser(
@@ -1249,3 +1247,18 @@ class RawReflectionTest(fixtures.TestBase):
                 "SET NULL",
             ),
         )
+
+    @testing.combinations(
+        (
+            "CREATE ALGORITHM=UNDEFINED DEFINER=`scott`@`%` "
+            "SQL SECURITY DEFINER VIEW `v1` AS SELECT",
+            True,
+        ),
+        ("CREATE VIEW `v1` AS SELECT", True),
+        ("CREATE TABLE `v1`", False),
+        ("CREATE TABLE `VIEW`", False),
+        ("CREATE TABLE `VIEW_THINGS`", False),
+        ("CREATE TABLE `A VIEW`", False),
+    )
+    def test_is_view(self, sql, expected):
+        is_(self.parser._check_view(sql), expected)