diff --git a/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml
index a6fbdd5e9c5804e839728e92b8a2d51da15fc5fb..706f29de184ef79aae6fd4dc0f8947d3abc692bc 100644
--- a/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/database_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,26 @@
     path: "/root/.my.cnf"
     state: absent
 
+- name: Check if Debian system maintenance configuration file uses dedicated user
+  command: "grep -q 'user.*=.*root' /etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
+  register: debian_maintenance_configuration_uses_root
+  failed_when: false
+  changed_when: false
+
+- name: Deploy Debian system maintenance configuration file that uses root account
+  copy:
+    src: "debian.cnf"
+    dest: "/etc/mysql/debian.cnf"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0600
+  when: "debian_maintenance_configuration_uses_root.rc != 0"
+
+- name: Drop the dedicated Debian system maintenance user
+  mysql_user:
+    name: "debian-sys-maint"
+    state: absent
+
 - name: Set UTF-8 encoding as default for MariaDB
   copy:
     src: "utf8.cnf"