diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 197e440c9544e435295c75fc3f222ece7e254947..0cd0f7d79ba1895d545bc04e5461a73a1a8f8a9f 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ mariadb_config:
         max_heap_table_size: "32M"
         max_user_connections: "0"
         open_files_limit: "122880"
+        performance_schema: "1"
         query_cache_limit: "0"
         query_cache_size: "0"
         query_cache_type: "0"