diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mariadb/tasks/centos.yml b/playbooks/roles/mariadb/tasks/centos.yml
index 59d6a7d6..2b5ced27 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/mariadb/tasks/centos.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/mariadb/tasks/centos.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
   yum: name={{ item }} enablerepo=mariadb state=present
   with_items:
     - MariaDB-server
+    - MySQL-python    # required for secure_install
 ...
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
index e1ccdf93..8d3e6ea0 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/mariadb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian'
 
 - name: Add configuration
-  template: src=debian_mariadb_config.cnf dest={{ mysql_conf_dir[ansible_distribution] }}/{{ mysql_conf_file }} owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  template: src={{ mysql_conf_tpl }} dest={{ mysql_conf_dir[ansible_distribution] }}/{{ mysql_conf_file }} owner=root group=root mode=0644
   when: mysql_conf_tpl != 'change_me' and ansible_distribution == 'Debian'
   notify: restart mysql