diff --git a/manifests/module/monitoring.pp b/manifests/module/monitoring.pp
index a9f383a..ff873b3 100644
--- a/manifests/module/monitoring.pp
+++ b/manifests/module/monitoring.pp
@@ -1,104 +1,106 @@
 # == Class: icingaweb2::module::monitoring
 #
 # Manage the monitoring module. This module is mandatory for probably every setup.
 #
 # === Parameters
 #
 # [*ensure*]
 #   Enable or disable module. Defaults to `present`
 #
 # [*protected_customvars*]
 #   Custom variables in Icinga 2 may contain sensible information. Set patterns for custom variables that should be
 #   hidden in the web interface. Defaults to `*pw*,*pass*,community`
 #
 # [*ido_type*]
 #   Type of your IDO database. Either `mysql` or `pgsql`. Defaults to `mysql`
 #
 # [*ido_host*]
 #   Hostname of the IDO database.
 #
 # [*ido_port*]
 #   Port of the IDO database. Defaults to `3306`
 #
 # [*ido_db_name*]
 #   Name of the IDO database.
 #
 # [*ido_db_username*]
 #   Username for IDO DB connection.
 #
 # [*ido_db_password*]
 #   Password for IDO DB connection.
 #
 # [*commandtransports*]
 #   A hash of command transports.
 #
 class icingaweb2::module::monitoring(
   Enum['absent', 'present']      $ensure               = 'present',
   Variant[String, Array[String]] $protected_customvars = ['*pw*', '*pass*', 'community'],
   Enum['mysql', 'pgsql']         $ido_type             = 'mysql',
   Optional[String]               $ido_host             = undef,
   Integer[1,65535]               $ido_port             = 3306,
   Optional[String]               $ido_db_name          = undef,
   Optional[String]               $ido_db_username      = undef,
   Optional[String]               $ido_db_password      = undef,
+  Optional[String]               $ido_db_charset       = undef,
   Hash                           $commandtransports    = undef,
 ){
 
   $conf_dir        = $::icingaweb2::params::conf_dir
   $module_conf_dir = "${conf_dir}/modules/monitoring"
 
   case $::osfamily {
     'Debian': {
       $install_method = 'package'
       $package_name   = 'icingaweb2-module-monitoring'
     }
     default: {
       $install_method = 'none'
       $package_name   = undef
     }
   }
 
   icingaweb2::config::resource { 'icingaweb2-module-monitoring':
     type        => 'db',
     db_type     => $ido_type,
     host        => $ido_host,
     port        => $ido_port,
     db_name     => $ido_db_name,
     db_username => $ido_db_username,
     db_password => $ido_db_password,
+    db_charset  => $ido_db_charset,
   }
 
   $backend_settings = {
     'type'     => 'ido',
     'resource' => 'icingaweb2-module-monitoring',
   }
 
   $security_settings = {
     'protected_customvars' => $protected_customvars ? {
       String        => $protected_customvars,
       Array[String] => join($protected_customvars, ','),
     }
   }
 
   $settings = {
     'module-monitoring-backends' => {
       'section_name' => 'backends',
       'target'       => "${module_conf_dir}/backends.ini",
       'settings'     => delete_undef_values($backend_settings)
     },
     'module-monitoring-security' => {
       'section_name' => 'security',
       'target'       => "${module_conf_dir}/config.ini",
       'settings'     => delete_undef_values($security_settings)
     }
   }
 
   create_resources('icingaweb2::module::monitoring::commandtransport', $commandtransports)
 
   icingaweb2::module {'monitoring':
     ensure         => $ensure,
     install_method => $install_method,
     package_name   => $package_name,
     settings       => $settings,
   }
 }