diff --git a/config.py.example b/config.py.example
index e6fbed4dbcd23f4e19569a5bc04a0ac9d04c603a..fdc6168fc1d294c98c1d8156fa87634f5ec02ce6 100644
--- a/config.py.example
+++ b/config.py.example
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ DB_DATA = 'db_example.sql'
 #DB_ENGINE = 'mysql'
 #MYSQL_HOST = 'localhost'
 #MYSQL_USER = 'videoag'
+#MYSQL_PORT = '3306'
 #MYSQL_PASSWD = 'somuchsecret'
 #MYSQL_DB = 'videos'
 
diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
index b062972c19e9fc517985e6f29acd1500b567e060..dbec2ae06e8414d967e838f9f419f380f4533330 100644
--- a/db.py
+++ b/db.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ elif config['DB_ENGINE'] == 'mysql':
 
 	def get_dbcursor():
 		if 'db' not in g or not g.db.is_connected():
-			g.db = mysql.connector.connect(user=config['MYSQL_USER'], password=config['MYSQL_PASSWD'], host=config['MYSQL_HOST'], database=config['MYSQL_DB'])
+			g.db = mysql.connector.connect(user=config['MYSQL_USER'], password=config['MYSQL_PASSWD'], host=config['MYSQL_HOST'], port=config['MYSQL_PORT'], database=config['MYSQL_DB'])
 		if not hasattr(request, 'db'):
 			request.db = g.db.cursor()
 		return request.db