diff --git a/roles/nextcloud-docker/templates/nextcloud/config/database.config.php b/roles/nextcloud-docker/templates/nextcloud/config/database.config.php
index 89d8e7b..7a69331 100644
--- a/roles/nextcloud-docker/templates/nextcloud/config/database.config.php
+++ b/roles/nextcloud-docker/templates/nextcloud/config/database.config.php
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ $CONFIG = array (
   'dbtableprefix' => 'oc_',
   'dbuser' => 'nextcloud',
   'dbpassword' => '{{nextcloud_mysql_password}}',
+  'mysql.utf8mb4' => true
 );