diff --git a/.devilbox/etc/mariadb-10.0/.keepme b/.devilbox/etc/mariadb-10.0/.keepme
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/.devilbox/etc/mariadb-10.1/.keepme b/.devilbox/etc/mariadb-10.1/.keepme
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/.devilbox/etc/mariadb-10.2/.keepme b/.devilbox/etc/mariadb-10.2/.keepme
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/.devilbox/etc/mariadb-5.5/.keepme b/.devilbox/etc/mariadb-5.5/.keepme
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/.devilbox/etc/mysql-5.5/.keepme b/.devilbox/etc/mysql-5.5/.keepme
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/.devilbox/etc/mysql-5.6/.keepme b/.devilbox/etc/mysql-5.6/.keepme
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/.devilbox/etc/mysql-5.7/.keepme b/.devilbox/etc/mysql-5.7/.keepme
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/.devilbox/etc/mysql-8.0/.keepme b/.devilbox/etc/mysql-8.0/.keepme
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/.devilbox/etc/mysql-8.0/charset.cnf b/.devilbox/etc/mysql-8.0/charset.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffc8846f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devilbox/etc/mysql-8.0/charset.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[client]
+default-character-set=utf8
+
+[mysql]
+default-character-set=utf8
+
+
+[mysqld]
+collation-server = utf8_unicode_ci
+character-set-server = utf8
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ca81a6ca..db2a8e9d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ services:
       # Mount MySQL Socket directory
       - mysql_socket_volume:/tmp/mysql
 
+      # Mount devilbox default overwrites
+      - ${DEVILBOX_PATH}/.devilbox/etc/${MYSQL_SERVER}:/etc/mysql/docker-default.d:ro
+
       # Mount devilbox user-defined cnf files in order
       # to overwrite the MySQL server configuration
       - ${DEVILBOX_PATH}/cfg/${MYSQL_SERVER}:/etc/mysql/conf.d:ro