diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e3a6467e..0ab1c6d1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ The **patch** part changes is incremented if multiple releases happen the same m
 
 ### Fixed
 
+* mysql : Create a default ~root/.my.cnf for compatibility reasons
 * nginx : fix variable name and debug to actually use nginx-light
 * packweb-apache : Support php 8.0 
 
diff --git a/mysql/tasks/main.yml b/mysql/tasks/main.yml
index b99a9aa1..a7c38808 100644
--- a/mysql/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/mysql/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 - include: packages_jessie.yml
   when: ansible_distribution_release == "jessie"
 
-## There is nothing to do with users on Debian 11
-# - include: users_bullseye.yml
-#   when: ansible_distribution_release == "bullseye"
+## There is nothing to do with users on Debian 11 - yet we need a /root/.my.cnf for compatibility
+- include: users_bullseye.yml
+  when: ansible_distribution_release == "bullseye"
 
 - include: users_buster.yml
   when: ansible_distribution_release == "buster"
diff --git a/mysql/tasks/users_bullseye.yml b/mysql/tasks/users_bullseye.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bdc9084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql/tasks/users_bullseye.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+
+- name: Populate the .my.cnf of root with default user
+  ini_file:
+    dest: /root/.my.cnf
+    mode: "0600"
+    section: client
+    option: '{{ item.option }}'
+    value: '{{ item.value }}'
+    create: yes
+  loop:
+    - { option: 'user',     value: 'root' }
+    - { option: 'socket',   value: '/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' }
+  tags:
+    - mysql