diff --git a/resources/mariadb_db/actions/remove.yml b/resources/mariadb_db/actions/remove.yml
index 1cb172ed..2cf99c11 100644
--- a/resources/mariadb_db/actions/remove.yml
+++ b/resources/mariadb_db/actions/remove.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@
         login_password: {{login_password}}
         login_port: {{login_port}}
         login_host: {{db_host}}
+        collation: {{collation}}
+        encoding: {{encoding}}
diff --git a/resources/mariadb_db/actions/run.yml b/resources/mariadb_db/actions/run.yml
index 8ec6b356..b8fa4c7b 100644
--- a/resources/mariadb_db/actions/run.yml
+++ b/resources/mariadb_db/actions/run.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@
         login_password: {{ login_password }}
         login_port: {{ login_port }}
         login_host: {{db_host}}
+        collation: {{collation}}
+        encoding: {{encoding}}
diff --git a/resources/mariadb_db/meta.yaml b/resources/mariadb_db/meta.yaml
index 6c9640d3..f5333761 100644
--- a/resources/mariadb_db/meta.yaml
+++ b/resources/mariadb_db/meta.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ input:
     login_port:
       schema: int!
       value:
+    collation:
+      schema: str
+      value: 'utf8_general_ci'
+    encoding:
+      schema: str
+      value: 'utf8'
 
     ip:
       schema: str!