--- a/src/server/storage/dbconfigmysql.cpp

+++ b/src/server/storage/dbconfigmysql.cpp

@@ -374,7 +374,9 @@ bool DbConfigMysql::startInternalServer(

         }

         // first run, some MySQL versions need a mysql_install_db run for that

-        const QString confFile = StandardDirs::locateResourceFile("config", QStringLiteral("mysql-global.conf"));

+        QString confFile = StandardDirs::locateResourceFile("config", QStringLiteral("mysql-global.conf"));

+        if( confFile.isEmpty() )

+            confFile = StandardDirs::locateResourceFile("config", QStringLiteral("akonadi/mysql-global.conf"));

         if (QDir(dataDir).entryList(QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::AllEntries).isEmpty()) {

             if (isMariaDB) {

                 initializeMariaDBDatabase(confFile, dataDir);