diff --git a/trove/common/cfg.py b/trove/common/cfg.py
index ce5185b351..62d4124282 100644
--- a/trove/common/cfg.py
+++ b/trove/common/cfg.py
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ common_opts = [
     cfg.ListOpt('ignore_users', default=['os_admin', 'root'],
                 help='Users to exclude when listing users.'),
     cfg.ListOpt('ignore_dbs',
-                default=['lost+found', 'mysql', 'information_schema'],
+                default=['lost+found', '#mysql50#lost+found', 'mysql',
+                         'information_schema'],
                 help='Databases to exclude when listing databases.'),
     cfg.IntOpt('agent_call_low_timeout', default=5,
                help="Maximum time (in seconds) to wait for Guest Agent 'quick'"
diff --git a/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py b/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py
index 5bf278d6b0..50692956e1 100644
--- a/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py
+++ b/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py
@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@ class MySqlAdmin(object):
     def list_databases(self, limit=None, marker=None, include_marker=False):
         """List databases the user created on this mysql instance."""
         LOG.debug("---Listing Databases---")
+        ignored_database_names = "'%s'" % "', '".join(CONF.ignore_dbs)
+        LOG.debug("The following database names are on ignore list and will "
+                  "be omitted from the listing: %s" % ignored_database_names)
         databases = []
         with LocalSqlClient(get_engine()) as client:
             # If you have an external volume mounted at /var/lib/mysql
@@ -435,10 +438,7 @@ class MySqlAdmin(object):
                 'default_collation_name as collation',
             ]
             q.tables = ['information_schema.schemata']
-            q.where = ["schema_name NOT IN ("
-                       "'mysql', 'information_schema', "
-                       "'lost+found', '#mysql50#lost+found'"
-                       ")"]
+            q.where = ["schema_name NOT IN (" + ignored_database_names + ")"]
             q.order = ['schema_name ASC']
             if limit:
                 q.limit = limit + 1
diff --git a/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_dbaas.py b/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_dbaas.py
index 8bb9361442..719180bb50 100644
--- a/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_dbaas.py
+++ b/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_dbaas.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import testtools
 from testtools.matchers import Is
 from testtools.matchers import Equals
 from testtools.matchers import Not
+from trove.common import cfg
 from trove.common.exception import ProcessExecutionError
 from trove.common.exception import GuestError
 from trove.common import utils
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ from trove.guestagent.volume import VolumeDevice
 from trove.instance.models import InstanceServiceStatus
 from trove.tests.unittests.util import util
 
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
 
 """
 Unit tests for the classes and functions in dbaas.py.
@@ -348,10 +351,8 @@ class MySqlAdminTest(testtools.TestCase):
                     "default_character_set_name as charset,",
                     "default_collation_name as collation",
                     "FROM information_schema.schemata",
-                    ("schema_name NOT IN ("
-                     "'mysql', 'information_schema', "
-                     "'lost+found', '#mysql50#lost+found'"
-                     ")"),
+                    ("schema_name NOT IN ('" + "', '".join(CONF.ignore_dbs) +
+                     "')"),
                     "ORDER BY schema_name ASC",
                     ]
         for text in expected:
@@ -366,10 +367,8 @@ class MySqlAdminTest(testtools.TestCase):
                     "default_character_set_name as charset,",
                     "default_collation_name as collation",
                     "FROM information_schema.schemata",
-                    ("schema_name NOT IN ("
-                     "'mysql', 'information_schema', "
-                     "'lost+found', '#mysql50#lost+found'"
-                     ")"),
+                    ("schema_name NOT IN ('" + "', '".join(CONF.ignore_dbs) +
+                     "')"),
                     "ORDER BY schema_name ASC",
                     ]
         for text in expected:
@@ -385,10 +384,8 @@ class MySqlAdminTest(testtools.TestCase):
                     "default_character_set_name as charset,",
                     "default_collation_name as collation",
                     "FROM information_schema.schemata",
-                    ("schema_name NOT IN ("
-                     "'mysql', 'information_schema', "
-                     "'lost+found', '#mysql50#lost+found'"
-                     ")"),
+                    ("schema_name NOT IN ('" + "', '".join(CONF.ignore_dbs) +
+                     "')"),
                     "ORDER BY schema_name ASC",
                     ]
 
@@ -407,10 +404,8 @@ class MySqlAdminTest(testtools.TestCase):
                     "default_character_set_name as charset,",
                     "default_collation_name as collation",
                     "FROM information_schema.schemata",
-                    ("schema_name NOT IN ("
-                     "'mysql', 'information_schema', "
-                     "'lost+found', '#mysql50#lost+found'"
-                     ")"),
+                    ("schema_name NOT IN ('" + "', '".join(CONF.ignore_dbs) +
+                     "')"),
                     "ORDER BY schema_name ASC",
                     ]
         for text in expected: