diff --git a/mysql/defaults/main.yml b/mysql/defaults/main.yml
index cdea08a8..a0764d0e 100644
--- a/mysql/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/mysql/defaults/main.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ mysql_db_innodb_additional_mem_pool_size: 5M
 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_listen_on_ext_int: False
 #mysql_db_data:
diff --git a/mysql/templates/server.cnf.j2 b/mysql/templates/server.cnf.j2
index 27e107bc..01315257 100644
--- a/mysql/templates/server.cnf.j2
+++ b/mysql/templates/server.cnf.j2
@@ -9,13 +9,17 @@ datadir         = {{ mysql_data_dir }}
 log_error       = {{ mysql_log_dir }}/error.log
 skip-external-locking
 key_buffer_size = 16M
-max_allowed_packet = 1M
+max_allowed_packet = {{ mysql_max_allowed_packet }}
 table_open_cache = 512
 sort_buffer_size = 8M
 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
+sql_mode = {{ mysqld_sql_mode | default(omit) }}
+ft_stopword_file = {{ mysqld_ft_stopword_file | default(omit) }}
+ft_min_word_len = {{ mysqld_ft_min_word_lenght | default(omit) }}
+ft_boolean_syntax = '{{ mysql_ft_boolean_syntax | default('+ -><()~*:\"\"&|') }}'
 
 # Point the following paths to different dedicated disks
 #tmpdir         = /tmp/