diff --git a/pifpaf/drivers/mysql.py b/pifpaf/drivers/mysql.py
index 0b12366..88b89f3 100644
--- a/pifpaf/drivers/mysql.py
+++ b/pifpaf/drivers/mysql.py
@@ -20,13 +20,16 @@ class MySQLDriver(drivers.Driver):
         super(MySQLDriver, self)._setUp()
         self.socket = os.path.join(self.tempdir, "mysql.socket")
         datadir = os.path.join(self.tempdir, "data")
+        secureprive = os.path.join(self.tempdir, "mysql-files")
         tempdir = os.path.join(self.tempdir, "tmp")
         os.mkdir(datadir)
+        os.mkdir(secureprive)
         os.mkdir(tempdir)
         c, _ = self._exec(["mysqld",
                            "--no-defaults",
                            "--tmpdir=" + tempdir,
                            "--initialize-insecure",
+                           "--secure-file-priv=" + secureprive,
                            "--datadir=" + datadir],
                           ignore_failure=True,
                           path=["/usr/libexec"])
@@ -35,10 +38,12 @@ class MySQLDriver(drivers.Driver):
             c, _ = self._exec(["mysql_install_db",
                                "--no-defaults",
                                "--tmpdir=" + tempdir,
+                               "--secure-file-priv=" + secureprive,
                                "--datadir=" + datadir])
         c, _ = self._exec(["mysqld",
                            "--no-defaults",
                            "--tmpdir=" + tempdir,
+                           "--secure-file-priv=" + secureprive,
                            "--datadir=" + datadir,
                            "--socket=" + self.socket,
                            "--skip-networking",