diff --git a/eprints1.pl b/eprints1.pl
index e28851a26871b37e8f653a9802b9dd472b62f597..a7d13481c1f1b23da685a1e0d392509d24dba546 100755
--- a/eprints1.pl
+++ b/eprints1.pl
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ sub connect_db_interactive
     my @cmd;
     if ($action eq 'connect')
     {
-      @cmd= ('mysql', '--default-character-set=utf8', '-h', $h, '-u', $u, $db);
+      @cmd= ('mysql', '--default-character-set=utf8', '-A', '-h', $h, '-u', $u, $db);
     }
     elsif ($action eq 'backup')
     {