diff --git a/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst b/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst
index 145d1eaa177..e37813f528c 100644
--- a/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst
+++ b/debian/cloudstack-management.postinst
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ if [ "$1" = configure ]; then
     chmod 0640 /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties
     chgrp cloud /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties
     invoke-rc.d tomcat6 stop || true
+
+    # Add jdbc MySQL driver settings to db.properties if not present
+    grep "db.cloud.driver=jdbc:mysql" /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties > /dev/null|| echo "db.cloud.driver=jdbc:mysql" >> /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties
+    grep "db.usage.driver=jdbc:mysql" /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties > /dev/null|| echo "db.usage.driver=jdbc:mysql" >> /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties
+    grep "db.simulator.driver=jdbc:mysql" /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties > /dev/null|| echo "db.simulator.driver=jdbc:mysql" >> /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties
 fi
 
 #DEBHELPER#
diff --git a/packaging/centos63/cloud.spec b/packaging/centos63/cloud.spec
index c267e8fdfee..285839519d8 100644
--- a/packaging/centos63/cloud.spec
+++ b/packaging/centos63/cloud.spec
@@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ if [ "$1" == "1" ] ; then
     /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 cloudstack-management on > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 fi
 
+grep "db.cloud.driver=jdbc:mysql" /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties > /dev/null|| echo "db.cloud.driver=jdbc:mysql" >> /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties
+grep "db.usage.driver=jdbc:mysql" /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties > /dev/null|| echo "db.usage.driver=jdbc:mysql" >> /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties
+grep "db.simulator.driver=jdbc:mysql" /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties > /dev/null|| echo "db.simulator.driver=jdbc:mysql" >> /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties
+
 if [ ! -f %{_datadir}/cloudstack-common/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vhd-util ] ; then
     echo Please download vhd-util from http://download.cloud.com.s3.amazonaws.com/tools/vhd-util and put it in 
     echo %{_datadir}/cloudstack-common/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/
diff --git a/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec b/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec
index b99d950d838..8d2ddc40450 100644
--- a/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec
+++ b/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec
@@ -363,6 +363,10 @@ if [ "$1" == "1" ] ; then
     /usr/bin/systemctl on cloudstack-management > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 fi
 
+grep "db.cloud.driver=jdbc:mysql" /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties > /dev/null|| echo "db.cloud.driver=jdbc:mysql" >> /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties
+grep "db.usage.driver=jdbc:mysql" /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties > /dev/null|| echo "db.usage.driver=jdbc:mysql" >> /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties
+grep "db.simulator.driver=jdbc:mysql" /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties > /dev/null|| echo "db.simulator.driver=jdbc:mysql" >> /etc/cloudstack/management/db.properties
+
 if [ ! -f %{_datadir}/cloudstack-common/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vhd-util ] ; then
     echo Please download vhd-util from http://download.cloud.com.s3.amazonaws.com/tools/vhd-util and put it in
     echo %{_datadir}/cloudstack-common/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/