diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 70bbf42..1cdd160 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ and this project **does not adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/sp
 
 * Check for bullseye security repository
 * Checks for new minifirewall configuration
+* Improve MySQL utils configuration checks
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/evocheck.sh b/evocheck.sh
index 57fa0f6..8912760 100755
--- a/evocheck.sh
+++ b/evocheck.sh
@@ -423,17 +423,20 @@ check_apachemunin() {
 check_mysqlutils() {
     MYSQL_ADMIN=${MYSQL_ADMIN:-mysqladmin}
     if is_installed mysql-server; then
-        # You can configure MYSQL_ADMIN in evocheck.cf
-        if ! grep -qs "$MYSQL_ADMIN" /root/.my.cnf; then
-            failed "IS_MYSQLUTILS" "mysqladmin missing in /root/.my.cnf"
+        # With Debian 11 and later, root can connect to MariaDB with the socket
+        if is_debian_wheezy || is_debian_jessie ||  is_debian_stretch || is_debian_buster; then
+            # You can configure MYSQL_ADMIN in evocheck.cf
+            if ! grep -qs "^user *= *${MYSQL_ADMIN}" /root/.my.cnf; then
+                failed "IS_MYSQLUTILS" "${MYSQL_ADMIN} missing in /root/.my.cnf"
+            fi
         fi
         if ! test -x /usr/bin/mytop; then
             if ! test -x /usr/local/bin/mytop; then
                 failed "IS_MYSQLUTILS" "mytop binary missing"
             fi
         fi
-        if ! grep -qs debian-sys-maint /root/.mytop; then
-            failed "IS_MYSQLUTILS" "debian-sys-maint missing in /root/.mytop"
+        if ! grep -qs '^user *=' /root/.mytop; then
+            failed "IS_MYSQLUTILS" "credentials missing in /root/.mytop"
         fi
     fi
 }