diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 334c50900ac00361fe7de1b489035cbe36ea5b1e..eaf1593dccff81a9fd4701d45cf49219940a5aec 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
       owner: root
       group: root
       mode: 0o0644
+      validate: mysqld --help --verbose
   notify:
       - Restart MySQL