diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 183a13cb..4f444784 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 * webapps/evoadmin-web Overload templates if needed
 * redis: max clients is configurable
 * generate-ldif: support MariaDB 10.3
+* mysql: activate binary logs by specifying log_bin path
 
 ### Changed
 * elasticsearch: listen on local interface only by default
diff --git a/mysql/README.md b/mysql/README.md
index 6941df20..f4ea0cc4 100644
--- a/mysql/README.md
+++ b/mysql/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Tasks are extracted in several files, included in `tasks/main.yml` :
 * `mysql_tmp_table_size`: (default: `Null`, default evolinux config is then used) ;
 * `mysql_max_heap_table_size`: (default: `Null`, default evolinux config is then used) ;
 * `mysql_query_cache_limit`: (default: `Null`, default evolinux config is then used) ;
-* `mysql_query_cache_size`: (default: `Null`, default evolinux config is then used) ;
+* `mysql_log_bin`: (default: `Null`, activates binlogs if used) ;
 * `mysql_custom_datadir`: custom datadir.
 * `mysql_custom_tmpdir`: custom tmpdir.
 * `general_alert_email`: email address to send various alert messages (default: `root@localhost`).
diff --git a/mysql/defaults/main.yml b/mysql/defaults/main.yml
index c2cfa4b0..cd0dec38 100644
--- a/mysql/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/mysql/defaults/main.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ mysql_tmp_table_size: Null
 mysql_max_heap_table_size: Null
 mysql_query_cache_limit: Null
 mysql_query_cache_size: Null
-
+mysql_log_bin: Null
 
 mysql_cron_optimize: True
 mysql_cron_optimize_frequency: weekly
diff --git a/mysql/templates/evolinux-custom.cnf.j2 b/mysql/templates/evolinux-custom.cnf.j2
index 796a1429..044427bf 100644
--- a/mysql/templates/evolinux-custom.cnf.j2
+++ b/mysql/templates/evolinux-custom.cnf.j2
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ query_cache_limit = {{ mysql_query_cache_limit }}
 {% if mysql_query_cache_limit %}
 query_cache_size = {{ mysql_query_cache_size }}
 {% endif %}
+{% if mysql_log_bin %}
+log_bin = {{ mysql_log_bin }}
+{% endif %}