diff --git a/roles/ispmail-packages/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ispmail-packages/tasks/main.yml
index d217fc3..ab9f2d7 100644
--- a/roles/ispmail-packages/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ispmail-packages/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@
   - exim4-config
   - exim4-daemon-light
 
+- name: make sure mysql-server is started
+  service: name=mysql-server enabled=yes state=started
+