diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index 2e73dca..2274f37 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ class mysql::config(
   $ssl_ca            = $mysql::params::ssl_ca,
   $ssl_cert          = $mysql::params::ssl_cert,
   $ssl_key           = $mysql::params::ssl_key,
-  $log_error         = $mysql::params::log_error
+  $log_error         = $mysql::params::log_error,
+  $default_engine    = 'UNSET'
 ) inherits mysql::params {
 
   File {
diff --git a/spec/classes/mysql_config_spec.rb b/spec/classes/mysql_config_spec.rb
index e27287f..39c07f1 100644
--- a/spec/classes/mysql_config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/mysql_config_spec.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ describe 'mysql::config' do
      :port              => '3306',
      :etc_root_password => false,
      :datadir           => '/var/lib/mysql',
+     :default_engine    => 'UNSET',
      :ssl               => false,
      :ssl_ca            => '/etc/mysql/cacert.pem',
      :ssl_cert          => '/etc/mysql/server-cert.pem',
@@ -74,17 +75,18 @@ describe 'mysql::config' do
         [
           {},
           {
-            :service_name => 'dans_service',
-            :config_file  => '/home/dan/mysql.conf',
-            :service_name => 'dans_mysql',
-            :socket       => '/home/dan/mysql.sock',
-            :bind_address => '0.0.0.0',
-            :port         => '3306',
-            :datadir      => '/path/to/datadir',
-            :ssl          => true,
-            :ssl_ca       => '/path/to/cacert.pem',
-            :ssl_cert     => '/path/to/server-cert.pem',
-            :ssl_key      => '/path/to/server-key.pem'
+            :service_name   => 'dans_service',
+            :config_file    => '/home/dan/mysql.conf',
+            :service_name   => 'dans_mysql',
+            :socket         => '/home/dan/mysql.sock',
+            :bind_address   => '0.0.0.0',
+            :port           => '3306',
+            :datadir        => '/path/to/datadir',
+            :default_engine => 'InnoDB',
+            :ssl            => true,
+            :ssl_ca         => '/path/to/cacert.pem',
+            :ssl_cert       => '/path/to/server-cert.pem',
+            :ssl_key        => '/path/to/server-key.pem'
           }
         ].each do |passed_params|
 
@@ -140,6 +142,9 @@ describe 'mysql::config' do
                 "datadir   = #{param_values[:datadir]}",
                 "bind-address    = #{param_values[:bind_address]}"
               ]
+              if param_values[:default_engine] != 'UNSET'
+                expected_lines = expected_lines | [ "default-storage-engine = #{param_values[:default_engine]}" ]
+              end
               if param_values[:ssl]
                 expected_lines = expected_lines |
                   [
diff --git a/templates/my.cnf.erb b/templates/my.cnf.erb
index 714bd37..5e434ae 100644
--- a/templates/my.cnf.erb
+++ b/templates/my.cnf.erb
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ query_cache_size   = 16M
 log_error          = <%= log_error %>
 expire_logs_days   = 10
 max_binlog_size    = 100M
-
+<% if default_engine != 'UNSET' %>
+default-storage-engine = <%= default_engine %>
+<% end %>
 <% if ssl == true %>
 ssl-ca    = <%= ssl_ca %>
 ssl-cert  = <%= ssl_cert %>