diff --git a/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker-compose-dev.yml
index f202a0717cbda9ffd843e4b0d34085bdc8dd79f2..6e74c71340ca3f25349010320fad03d47d4a7f25 100644
--- a/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
     image: mariadb:10.4
     volumes:
       - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
-    command: mysqld --sql_mode=""
+      - ./docker/studip/my.cnf:/etc/mysql/conf.d/my.cnf:ro
     restart: always
     environment:
       MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: 1
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d96342fed20cf65df58a43eaa6b3d235cc036ccf..492671dbb0b0528c35452b1dd60514e21ba9842c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ services:
     image: mariadb:10.4
     volumes:
       - db_data:/var/lib/mysql
-    command: mysqld --sql_mode=""
+      - ./docker/studip/my.cnf:/etc/mysql/conf.d/my.cnf:ro
     restart: always
     environment:
       MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: 1
diff --git a/docker/studip/my.cnf b/docker/studip/my.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5e3446668a9c8ae7c141c984cd00b9d29caedd62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/studip/my.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[client]
+default-character-set = utf8mb4
+
+[mysql]
+default-character-set = utf8mb4
+
+[mysqld]
+init_connect='SET NAMES UTF8MB4'
+character-set-server = utf8mb4
+collation-server = utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+
+innodb_file_per_table = On
+sql_mode = NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION