diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 93f7bb5..29c09b9 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ mysql_myisam_sort_buffer_size: "64M"
 mysql_thread_cache_size: "8"
 mysql_query_cache_size: "16M"
 
+# Other settings.
+mysql_wait_timeout: 28800
+mysql_max_allowed_packet: "64M"
+
 # Try number of CPU's * 2 for thread_concurrency.
 mysql_thread_concurrency: 2
 
diff --git a/templates/my.cnf.j2 b/templates/my.cnf.j2
index cf13846..13c387d 100644
--- a/templates/my.cnf.j2
+++ b/templates/my.cnf.j2
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ myisam_sort_buffer_size = {{ mysql_myisam_sort_buffer_size }}
 thread_cache_size = {{ mysql_thread_cache_size }}
 query_cache_size = {{ mysql_query_cache_size }}
 
+# Other settings.
+wait_timeout = {{ mysql_wait_timeout }}
+max_allowed_packet = {{ mysql_max_allowed_packet }}
+
 # Try number of CPU's * 2 for thread_concurrency.
 thread_concurrency = {{ mysql_thread_concurrency }}