diff --git a/setup/container.sh b/setup/container.sh
index 7622c61fc..a87043c96 100755
--- a/setup/container.sh
+++ b/setup/container.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ ln -sfF "${DATA_DIR}/collectd" /etc/collectd
 unlink /etc/nginx 2>/dev/null || rm -rf /etc/nginx
 ln -s "${DATA_DIR}/nginx" /etc/nginx
 
+########## mysql
+cp "${container_files}/mysql.cnf" /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf
+service mysql restart
+
 ########## Enable services
 update-rc.d -f collectd defaults
 
diff --git a/setup/container/mysql.cnf b/setup/container/mysql.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a4534b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/container/mysql.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+!includedir /etc/mysql/conf.d/
+!includedir /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/
+
+# http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=68514
+[mysqld]
+performance_schema=OFF
+max_connection=50
+