diff --git a/mariadb/templates/etc/_my.cnf.tpl b/mariadb/templates/etc/_my.cnf.tpl
index 33184d529..c6900517a 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/etc/_my.cnf.tpl
+++ b/mariadb/templates/etc/_my.cnf.tpl
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 [mysqld]
 datadir=/var/lib/mysql
 basedir=/usr
+ignore-db-dir=lost+found
 
 [client-server]
 !includedir /etc/mysql/conf.d/