diff --git a/scripts/mysqld_multi.sh b/scripts/mysqld_multi.sh
index 6ac31a00c75..c9c0b21b584 100644
--- a/scripts/mysqld_multi.sh
+++ b/scripts/mysqld_multi.sh
@@ -490,6 +490,14 @@ sub find_groups
     {
       $data[$i] = $line;
     }
+    if (-f "/etc/mysql/my.cnf" && -r "/etc/mysql/my.cnf")
+    {
+      open(MY_CNF, "</etc/mysql/my.cnf") && (@tmp=<MY_CNF>) && close(MY_CNF);
+    }
+    for (; ($line = shift @tmp); $i++)
+    {
+      $data[$i] = $line;
+    }
     if (-f "$homedir/.my.cnf" && -r "$homedir/.my.cnf")
     {
       open(MY_CNF, "<$homedir/.my.cnf") && (@tmp=<MY_CNF>) && close(MY_CNF);