diff --git a/containers/ddev-dbserver/files/docker-entrypoint.sh b/containers/ddev-dbserver/files/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 99f34e92592..9a4a3600cae 100755
--- a/containers/ddev-dbserver/files/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/containers/ddev-dbserver/files/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ rm -f /tmp/raw_mysql_version.txt
 
 # If we have extra mariadb cnf files, copy them to where they go.
 if [ -d /mnt/ddev_config/mysql ] && [ "$(echo /mnt/ddev_config/mysql/*.cnf)" != "/mnt/ddev_config/mysql/*.cnf" ] ; then
-  echo "!includedir /mnt/ddev_config/mysql" >/etc/mysql/conf.d/ddev.cnf
+  cp /mnt/ddev_config/mysql/*.cnf /etc/mysql/conf.d
+  # Ignore errors on files such as .gitmanaged
+  chmod -f -R ugo-w /etc/mysql/conf.d/*
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/pkg/ddevapp/ddevapp_test.go b/pkg/ddevapp/ddevapp_test.go
index 93e53ca5b8c..1c98e384fd7 100644
--- a/pkg/ddevapp/ddevapp_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ddevapp/ddevapp_test.go
@@ -1801,6 +1801,32 @@ func TestDdevAllDatabases(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(dbType+"_"+dbVersion, strings.Trim(containerDBVersion, "\n\r "))
 		}
 
+		if dbType == nodeps.MariaDB || dbType == nodeps.MySQL {
+			// Make sure overriding configuration works
+			out, stderr, err := app.Exec(&ddevapp.ExecOpts{
+				Service: "db",
+				Cmd:     `mysql -sN -e "SELECT @@global.time_zone"`,
+			})
+			assert.NoError(err)
+			assert.Equal("SYSTEM\n", out, "out: %s, stderr: %s", out, stderr)
+
+			err = os.MkdirAll(app.GetConfigPath("mysql"), 0750)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			err = os.WriteFile(app.GetConfigPath("mysql/override_param_test.cnf"), []byte("[mysqld]\n default-time-zone = \"+08:00\""), 0666)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			err = app.Restart()
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			out, stderr, err = app.Exec(&ddevapp.ExecOpts{
+				Service: "db",
+				Cmd:     `mysql -sN -e "SELECT @@global.time_zone"`,
+			})
+			assert.NoError(err)
+			assert.Equal("+08:00\n", out, "out: %s, stderr: %s", out, stderr)
+			// Delete override file for next dbType test
+			err = os.Remove(app.GetConfigPath("mysql/override_param_test.cnf"))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+		}
+
 		c = map[string]string{
 			nodeps.MySQL:    `echo "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users;" | mysql -N`,
 			nodeps.MariaDB:  `echo "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users;" | mysql -N`,
diff --git a/pkg/versionconstants/versionconstants.go b/pkg/versionconstants/versionconstants.go
index 80a2c42e5f6..0e898aad89b 100644
--- a/pkg/versionconstants/versionconstants.go
+++ b/pkg/versionconstants/versionconstants.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var WebTag = "20230720_ted933_doc_installation_ubuntu_apt_vulnerability" // Note
 var DBImg = "ddev/ddev-dbserver"
 
 // BaseDBTag is the main tag, DBTag is constructed from it
-var BaseDBTag = "v1.22.0"
+var BaseDBTag = "20230806_mysql_config_windows"
 
 const TraditionalRouterImage = "ddev/ddev-nginx-proxy-router:20230816_traefik_image"
 const TraefikRouterImage = "ddev/ddev-traefik-router:20230816_traefik_image"