diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1515a228..827f30cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 * java8: renamed to java (java8 symlinked to java for backward compatibility)
 
 ### Fixed
+* mysql-oracle: fix configuration directory variable
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/mysql-oracle/tasks/config.yml b/mysql-oracle/tasks/config.yml
index 82ae50cb..16590a59 100644
--- a/mysql-oracle/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/mysql-oracle/tasks/config.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 ---
 
+- set_fact:
+    mysql_config_directory: "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d"
+
 - name: "Copy MySQL defaults config file"
   copy:
     src: evolinux-defaults.cnf
-    dest: "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/z-evolinux-defaults.cnf"
+    dest: "{{ mysql_config_directory }}/z-evolinux-defaults.cnf"
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: "0644"
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@
 - name: "Copy MySQL custom config file"
   template:
     src: evolinux-custom.cnf.j2
-    dest: "/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/zzz-evolinux-custom.cnf"
+    dest: "{{ mysql_config_directory }}/zzz-evolinux-custom.cnf"
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: "0644"
diff --git a/mysql-oracle/tasks/tmpdir.yml b/mysql-oracle/tasks/tmpdir.yml
index 2c2c0d91..ca560077 100644
--- a/mysql-oracle/tasks/tmpdir.yml
+++ b/mysql-oracle/tasks/tmpdir.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
   - name: Configure tmpdir
     ini_file:
-      dest: "/etc/mysql/conf.d/zzz-evolinux-custom.cnf"
+      dest: "{{ mysql_config_directory }}/zzz-evolinux-custom.cnf"
       section: mysqld
       option: tmpdir
       value: "{{ mysql_custom_tmpdir }}"