diff --git a/etc/mysql/conf.d/feedback.cnf b/etc/mysql/conf.d/feedback.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c6aaf4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/mysql/conf.d/feedback.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[mysqld]
+feedback=ON
+
diff --git a/etc/mysql/conf.d/performance.cnf b/etc/mysql/conf.d/performance.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cc0549c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/mysql/conf.d/performance.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[mysqld]
+performance_schema = off
+
+[mariadb]
+aria_pagecache_buffer_size = 32m
+aria_sort_buffer_size = 32m
+
diff --git a/etc/mysql/conf.d/unicode.cnf b/etc/mysql/conf.d/unicode.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a5a01de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/mysql/conf.d/unicode.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[mysqld]
+init-connect='SET NAMES utf8'
+character-set-server=utf8
+