diff --git a/manifests/db/mysql.pp b/manifests/db/mysql.pp

index 82273ae..e2130f0 100644

--- a/manifests/db/mysql.pp

+++ b/manifests/db/mysql.pp

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class neutron::db::mysql (

   $user          = 'neutron',

   $host          = '127.0.0.1',

   $allowed_hosts = undef,

-  $charset       = 'latin1',

+  $charset       = 'utf8',

   $cluster_id    = 'localzone'

 ) {