diff --git a/recipes/mysql-server.rb b/recipes/mysql-server.rb
index e2f5d7b..5fe3922 100644
--- a/recipes/mysql-server.rb
+++ b/recipes/mysql-server.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ node.override["mysql"]["tunable"]["innodb_thread_concurrency"] = "0"
 node.override["mysql"]["tunable"]["innodb_commit_concurrency"] = "0"
 node.override["mysql"]["tunable"]["innodb_read_io_threads"] = "4"
 node.override["mysql"]["tunable"]["innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit"] = "2"
+node.override["mysql"]["tunable"]["skip-name-resolve"] = true
 
 include_recipe "openstack-ops-database::mysql-client"
 include_recipe "mysql::server"
diff --git a/spec/mysql-server_spec.rb b/spec/mysql-server_spec.rb
index 14901b5..bd50843 100644
--- a/spec/mysql-server_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mysql-server_spec.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ describe "openstack-ops-database::mysql-server" do
       expect(@chef_run.node['mysql']['tunable']['innodb_commit_concurrency']).to eql "0"
       expect(@chef_run.node['mysql']['tunable']['innodb_read_io_threads']).to eql "4"
       expect(@chef_run.node['mysql']['tunable']['innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit']).to eql "2"
+      expect(@chef_run.node["mysql"]["tunable"]["skip-name-resolve"]).to eql true
     end
 
     it "includes mysql recipes" do