diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f1909c9..e6716f2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ LABEL org.label-schema.url="https://git.asifbacchus.app/ab-docker/mariadb-alpine
 LABEL org.label-schema.usage="https://git.asifbacchus.app/ab-docker/mariadb-alpine/wiki"
 LABEL org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://git.asifbacchus.app/ab-docker/mariadb-alpine.git"
 
-# install mariadb
+# install mariadb and turn on TCP connection in default config
 RUN apk --no-cache add \
     tzdata \
     mariadb \
     mariadb-client \
     mariadb-server-utils \
+    sed -i 's/skip-networking/skip-networking=0/' /etc/my.cnf.d/mariadb-server.cnf \
     && rm -f /var/cache/apk/*
 
 # expose ports
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /docker-entrypoint-preinit.d \
 
 # set entrypoint and default command
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh" ]
-CMD [ "/usr/bin/mysqld", "--user=mysql", "--console", "--skip-name-resolve", "--skip-networking=0" ]
+CMD [ "/usr/bin/mysqld", "--user=mysql", "--console", "--skip-name-resolve" ]
 
 # add build date and version labels
 ARG BUILD_DATE
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 427dc7a..32b1fdc 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ printf "(mySQL root password: %s)\n\n" "$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD"
 # process CMD sent to this container
 case "$1" in
     -*)
-        # param starts with '-' --> assume mysqld options and append to CMD
-        set -- /usr/bin/mysqld --user=mysql --console --skip-name-resolve --skip-networking=0 "$@"
+        # param starts with '-' --> assume mysqld parameter(s) and append to CMD
+        set -- /usr/bin/mysqld --user=mysql --console --skip-name-resolve "$@"
         printf "\nExecuting: %s\n" "$*"
         exec "$@"
         ;;