diff --git a/src/mod/databases/mod_mariadb/mod_mariadb.c b/src/mod/databases/mod_mariadb/mod_mariadb.c
index cdd64ffb81..7926ec0c3f 100644
--- a/src/mod/databases/mod_mariadb/mod_mariadb.c
+++ b/src/mod/databases/mod_mariadb/mod_mariadb.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ int mariadb_db_set_connection(MYSQL *mysql, enum enum_server_command command, co
 	size_t length, my_bool skipp_check, void *opt_arg);
 my_bool mariadb_db_dsn_reconnect(MYSQL *mysql);
 
+my_bool reconnect = 1;
+
 #define DEFAULT_MARIADB_RETRIES 120
 
 #ifndef MIN
@@ -474,10 +476,13 @@ switch_status_t mariadb_handle_connect(mariadb_handle_t *handle)
 	switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_DEBUG1, "Connecting %s\n", handle->dsn);
 	mysql_init(&handle->con);
 
-	// Enable non-blocking operation
-	// https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/using-the-non-blocking-library/
+	/* Enable non-blocking operation */
+	/* https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/using-the-non-blocking-library */
 	mysql_options(&handle->con, MYSQL_OPT_NONBLOCK, 0);
 
+	/* Enable automatic reconnect with the mariadb_reconnect function, without this that function does not work */
+	mysql_options(&handle->con, MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT, &reconnect);
+
 	/* set timeouts to 300 microseconds */
 	/*int default_timeout = 3;
 	mysql_options(&handle->con, MYSQL_OPT_READ_TIMEOUT, &default_timeout);