diff --git a/generate_config.sh b/generate_config.sh
index 702c2540..2450bf80 100755
--- a/generate_config.sh
+++ b/generate_config.sh
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ if [[ "${CONTAINER_ENGINE}" == "podman" ]]; then
     MAILCOW_HTTP_BIND="127.0.0.1"
     MAILCOW_HTTPS_BIND="127.0.0.1"
 
-    # Patch the docker-compose.yml for usage with Podman
-    bash ./patch-docker-compose-for-podman.sh
+    # Apply patches for usage with Podman
+    bash ./patches-for-podman.sh
 else
     MAILCOW_HTTP_BIND=""
     MAILCOW_HTTPS_BIND=""
diff --git a/patch-docker-compose-for-podman.sh b/patches-for-podman.sh
similarity index 59%
rename from patch-docker-compose-for-podman.sh
rename to patches-for-podman.sh
index 70236a2e..711e470a 100755
--- a/patch-docker-compose-for-podman.sh
+++ b/patches-for-podman.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # This script patches the docker-compose.yml for usage with podman.
 # This is necessary because not all options (e.g. DNS) can be overwritten by docker-compose, see
 #   https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/3729
+#
+# Next to that because IPv6 does not work (yet), patch the MySQL configuration file to bind to IPv4
 
 set -e
 
@@ -16,5 +18,14 @@ cp docker-compose.yml docker-compose.yml.${TIMESTAMP}.bak
 if ! patch -R -s -f --dry-run docker-compose.yml < ${PATCH_FILE} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     patch docker-compose.yml < ${PATCH_FILE}
 else
-    echo "Patch file already applied or custom changes prevent applying the patch"
+    echo "docker-compose.yml already patched (or custom changes prevent applying the patch)"
+fi
+
+# Patch the MySQL configuration file
+MYCNF_PATH="data/conf/mysql/my.cnf"
+if ! grep "bind_address" ${MYCNF_PATH} > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "patching file my.cnf"
+    echo "bind_address = 0.0.0.0" >> ${MYCNF_PATH}
+else
+    echo "my.cnf already patched"
 fi