diff --git a/main/mariadb/APKBUILD b/main/mariadb/APKBUILD
index 7ee0a897b68b38deeb61ccf3d552a189e4dd0438..3b61e56b79f7f4f04ab8839cb1aabed25c00ce3a 100644
--- a/main/mariadb/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/mariadb/APKBUILD
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ build() {
 		-DSYSCONF2DIR=/etc/my.cnf.d \
 		-DMYSQL_DATADIR=/var/lib/mysql \
 		-DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock \
-		-DDEFAULT_CHARSET=utf8 \
-		-DDEFAULT_COLLATION=utf8_general_ci \
+		-DDEFAULT_CHARSET=utf8mb4 \
+		-DDEFAULT_COLLATION=utf8mb4_general_ci \
 		-DENABLED_LOCAL_INFILE=ON \
 		-DINSTALL_INFODIR=share/info \
 		-DINSTALL_MANDIR=share/man \