diff --git a/source/apps-extra/mysql/mysql b/source/apps-extra/mysql/mysql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c28056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/apps-extra/mysql/mysql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+MYSQL_OPTS="--log-bin=/var/lib/mysql/`hostname`-bin"
diff --git a/source/apps-extra/mysql/rc.mysqld b/source/apps-extra/mysql/rc.mysqld
index ede4ebe..c745549 100644
--- a/source/apps-extra/mysql/rc.mysqld
+++ b/source/apps-extra/mysql/rc.mysqld
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ if [ ! -e /var/log/mysqld.log ]; then
 	chown mysql /var/log/mysqld.log
 fi
 
+[ -e /etc/sysconfig/mysql ] && . /etc/sysconfig/mysql
+
 # checking what to do now
 
 if [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then
@@ -51,6 +53,6 @@ elif [ "$1" = "restart" ]; then
 	"$0" start
 else # start
 	start "$startmysqld"
-	/usr/bin/mysqld_safe &>/dev/null &
+	/usr/bin/mysqld_safe $MYSQL_OPTS &>/dev/null &
 	ok $?
 fi