diff --git a/roles/mariadb/templates/my.cnf.j2 b/roles/mariadb/templates/my.cnf.j2
index 320ddb1..312d2e8 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb/templates/my.cnf.j2
+++ b/roles/mariadb/templates/my.cnf.j2
@@ -191,4 +191,5 @@ key_buffer		= 16M
 # * IMPORTANT: Additional settings that can override those from this file!
 #   The files must end with '.cnf', otherwise they'll be ignored.
 #
+!include /etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf
 !includedir /etc/mysql/conf.d/