diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bfff188..c9abc23 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 ### __[v2.3.1]__ - Unreleased
 ##### Added
+- Config Eintrag um Port für MySQL Plugin festzulegen [#345](https://github.com/Schrolli91/BOSWatch/pull/345)
 ##### Changed
 ##### Deprecated
 ##### Removed
diff --git a/config/config.template.ini b/config/config.template.ini
index bbb6e95..23cf14b 100644
--- a/config/config.template.ini
+++ b/config/config.template.ini
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ template = 0
 [MySQL]
 # MySQL configuration
 dbserver = localhost
+dbport = 3306 #default port: 3306
 dbuser = boswatch
 dbpassword = root
 database = boswatch
diff --git a/plugins/MySQL/MySQL.py b/plugins/MySQL/MySQL.py
index 3d4db16..69bbb22 100644
--- a/plugins/MySQL/MySQL.py
+++ b/plugins/MySQL/MySQL.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def run(typ,freq,data):
 				# Connect to MySQL
 				#
 				logging.debug("connect to MySQL")
-				connection = mysql.connector.connect(host = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbserver"), user = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbuser"), passwd = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbpassword"), db = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","database"), charset='utf8')
+				connection = mysql.connector.connect(host = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbserver"), port = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbport"), user = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbuser"), passwd = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","dbpassword"), db = globalVars.config.get("MySQL","database"), charset='utf8')
 				cursor = connection.cursor()
 			except:
 				logging.error("cannot connect to MySQL")