diff --git a/states/mariadb/defaults.yaml b/states/mariadb/defaults.yaml
index fda9fe3..15bbe36 100644
--- a/states/mariadb/defaults.yaml
+++ b/states/mariadb/defaults.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ mariadb:
         query_cache_size: 32M
         read_buffer_size: 20M
         read_rnd_buffer_size: 1M
+        relay_log_recovery: 1
         server_id: 9999
         slow_query_log_file: /var/log/mysql/mariadb-slow.log
         sort_buffer_size: 8M