diff --git a/install/lib/class.FroxlorInstall.php b/install/lib/class.FroxlorInstall.php
index 5f6ea5e7..dc8cf74b 100644
--- a/install/lib/class.FroxlorInstall.php
+++ b/install/lib/class.FroxlorInstall.php
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class FroxlorInstall
 		$content .= $this->_status_message('begin', $this->_lng['install']['testing_mysql']);
 
 		$options = array(
-			'PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND' => 'set names utf8'
+			'PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND' => 'SET names utf8,sql_mode="NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"'
 		);
 		$dsn = "mysql:host=" . $this->_data['mysql_host'] . ";";
 		$fatal_fail = false;
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class FroxlorInstall
 			$content .= $this->_importDatabaseData();
 			// create DB object for new database
 			$options = array(
-				'PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND' => 'set names utf8'
+				'PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND' => 'SET names utf8,sql_mode="NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"'
 			);
 			$dsn = "mysql:host=" . $this->_data['mysql_host'] . ";dbname=" . $this->_data['mysql_database'] . ";";
 			$another_fail = false;
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ class FroxlorInstall
 		$content = "";
 		$content .= $this->_status_message('begin', $this->_lng['install']['testing_new_db']);
 		$options = array(
-			'PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND' => 'set names utf8'
+			'PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND' => 'SET names utf8,sql_mode="NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"'
 		);
 		$dsn = "mysql:host=" . $this->_data['mysql_host'] . ";dbname=" . $this->_data['mysql_database'] . ";";
 		$fatal_fail = false;
diff --git a/lib/classes/database/class.Database.php b/lib/classes/database/class.Database.php
index 74a655d7..3174c2b3 100644
--- a/lib/classes/database/class.Database.php
+++ b/lib/classes/database/class.Database.php
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class Database {
 		// build up connection string
 		$driver = 'mysql';
 		$dsn = $driver.":";
-		$options = array(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'set names utf8');
+		$options = array(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET names utf8,sql_mode="NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"');
 		$attributes = array('ATTR_ERRMODE' => 'ERRMODE_EXCEPTION');
 
 		$dbconf["dsn"] = array(
diff --git a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.dns.20.pdns.php b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.dns.20.pdns.php
index 27a63632..cb70417a 100644
--- a/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.dns.20.pdns.php
+++ b/scripts/jobs/cron_tasks.inc.dns.20.pdns.php
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class pdns extends DnsBase
 		// build up connection string
 		$driver = 'mysql';
 		$dsn = $driver.":";
-		$options = array(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'set names utf8');
+		$options = array(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET names utf8,sql_mode="NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"');
 		$attributes = array('ATTR_ERRMODE' => 'ERRMODE_EXCEPTION');
 		$dbconf = array();