diff --git a/manifests/database/sql.pp b/manifests/database/sql.pp
index e083c7f5..d99a8875 100644
--- a/manifests/database/sql.pp
+++ b/manifests/database/sql.pp
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ class cloud::database::sql (
 
   if($::osfamily == 'Debian'){
 
+    # This is due to this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/codership-mysql/+bug/1087368
+    # The backport to API 23 requires a command line option --wsrep-new-cluster:
+    # http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~codership/codership-mysql/wsrep-5.5/revision/3844?start_revid=3844
+    # and the mysql init script cannot have arguments passed to the daemon
+    # using /etc/default/mysql standart mechanism.
+    # To check that the mysqld support the options you can :
+    # strings `which mysqld` | grep wsrep-new-cluster
+    # TODO: to be remove as soon as the API 25 is packaged, ie galera 3 ...
     file { '/etc/init.d/mysql-bootstrap':
       content => template('cloud/database/etc_initd_mysql_debian'),
       owner   => 'root',