diff --git a/manifests/db/mysql.pp b/manifests/db/mysql.pp
index 3cc850c..8654307 100644
--- a/manifests/db/mysql.pp
+++ b/manifests/db/mysql.pp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class cinder::db::mysql (
$user = 'cinder',
$host = '127.0.0.1',
$allowed_hosts = undef,
- $charset = 'latin1',
+ $charset = 'utf8',
$cluster_id = 'localzone'
) {
diff --git a/spec/classes/cinder_db_mysql_spec.rb b/spec/classes/cinder_db_mysql_spec.rb
index a35b16c..9227986 100644
--- a/spec/classes/cinder_db_mysql_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/cinder_db_mysql_spec.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe 'cinder::db::mysql' do
:user => 'cinder',
:password => 'pw',
:host => '127.0.0.1',
- :charset => 'latin1'
+ :charset => 'utf8'
) }
end
describe "overriding allowed_hosts param to array" do