diff --git a/debian/additions/mariadb.cnf b/debian/additions/mariadb.cnf
index e3803c4aaeb..927e9d1ce88 100644
--- a/debian/additions/mariadb.cnf
+++ b/debian/additions/mariadb.cnf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [client]
 # Default is Latin1, if you need UTF-8 set this (also in server section)
-#character-set-server  = utf8 
+#default-character-set = utf8 
 
 [mysqld]
 #