diff --git a/library/roles/mysql/defaults/main.yml b/library/roles/mysql/defaults/main.yml
index a0764d0e..53c186ca 100644
--- a/library/roles/mysql/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/library/roles/mysql/defaults/main.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ mysql_db_innodb_log_file_size: 64M
 mysql_db_innodb_log_buffer_size: 9M
 mysql_safe_open_files_limit: 1024
 mysql_max_allowed_packet: 16M
+mysql_skip_name_resolve: True
 
 mysql_listen_on_ext_int: False
 #mysql_db_data:
-#  - { name: '{{ mysql_db_name }}', collation: '{{ mysql_default_collation }}', encoding: '{{ mysql_default_encoding }}', user: '{{ mysql_db_user }}', pwd: '{{ mysql_db_pwd }}', user_grant: 'ALL', allowed_hosts: [ 'localhost', 'yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy/32' ] }
+#  - { name: '{{ mysql_db_name }}', collation: '{{ mysql_default_collation }}', encoding: '{{ mysql_default_encoding }}', user: '{{ mysql_db_user }}', pwd: '{{ mysql_db_pwd }}', user_grant: 'ALL', allowed_hosts: [ 'localhost', 'yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy/32', 'yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy' ] }
 
 mysql_backup_use_nagios: False
 mysql_backup_logdir: '{{ mysql_log_dir }}'
diff --git a/library/roles/mysql/templates/server.cnf.j2 b/library/roles/mysql/templates/server.cnf.j2
index 344d04fb..6606ab03 100644
--- a/library/roles/mysql/templates/server.cnf.j2
+++ b/library/roles/mysql/templates/server.cnf.j2
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ net_buffer_length = 8K
 read_buffer_size = {{ mysqld_db_read_buffer_size }}
 read_rnd_buffer_size = {{ mysql_db_read_rnd_buffer_size }}
 myisam_sort_buffer_size = 16M
+{% if mysql_skip_name_resolve %}
+skip-name-resolve
+{% endif %}
 
 {% if mysqld_sql_mode is defined %}
 sql_mode = {{ mysqld_sql_mode }}