--- akonadi-15.12.3.orig/src/server/storage/dbconfigmysql.cpp
+++ akonadi-15.12.3/src/server/storage/dbconfigmysql.cpp
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ bool DbConfigMysql::startInternalServer(
     // first run, some MySQL versions need a mysql_install_db run for that
     const QString confFile = XdgBaseDirs::findResourceFile("config", QStringLiteral("akonadi/mysql-global.conf"));
     if (QDir(dataDir).entryList(QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::AllEntries).isEmpty() && !mMysqlInstallDbPath.isEmpty()) {
-        const QStringList arguments = QStringList() << QStringLiteral("--force") << QStringLiteral("--defaults-file=%1").arg(confFile) << QStringLiteral("--datadir=%1/").arg(dataDir);
+        const QStringList arguments = QStringList() << QStringLiteral("--defaults-file=%1").arg(confFile) << QStringLiteral("--insecure") << QStringLiteral("--basedir=/usr") << QStringLiteral("--datadir=%1/").arg(dataDir);
         QProcess::execute(mMysqlInstallDbPath, arguments);
     }