diff --git a/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql.pp b/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql.pp
index e0f344865..f3e21b58a 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql.pp
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@
 #   (Optional) The number of times pcs commands should be retried.
 #   Defaults to hiera('pcs_tries', 20)
 #
+# [*open_files_limit*]
+#   (Optional) Maximum value for open-files-limit
+#   Defaults to 16384
+#
 class tripleo::profile::pacemaker::database::mysql (
   $bootstrap_node                 = hiera('mysql_short_bootstrap_node_name'),
   $bind_address                   = $::hostname,
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::pacemaker::database::mysql (
   $ipv6                           = str2bool(hiera('mysql_ipv6', false)),
   $step                           = Integer(hiera('step')),
   $pcs_tries                      = hiera('pcs_tries', 20),
+  $open_files_limit               = 16384,
 ) {
   if $::hostname == downcase($bootstrap_node) {
     $pacemaker_master = true
@@ -250,7 +255,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::pacemaker::database::mysql (
         op_params       => 'promote timeout=300s on-fail=block',
         master_params   => '',
         meta_params     => "master-max=${galera_nodes_count} ordered=true",
-        resource_params => "additional_parameters='--open-files-limit=16384' enable_creation=true wsrep_cluster_address='gcomm://${galera_nodes}' cluster_host_map='${cluster_host_map}'",
+        resource_params => "additional_parameters='--open-files-limit=${open_files_limit}' enable_creation=true wsrep_cluster_address='gcomm://${galera_nodes}' cluster_host_map='${cluster_host_map}'",
         tries           => $pcs_tries,
         location_rule   => {
           resource_discovery => 'exclusive',
diff --git a/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql_bundle.pp b/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql_bundle.pp
index ba26d805b..55f8417f8 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql_bundle.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/pacemaker/database/mysql_bundle.pp
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@
 #   (optional) Sets PCMK_tls_priorities in /etc/sysconfig/pacemaker when set
 #   Defaults to hiera('tripleo::pacemaker::tls_priorities', undef)
 #
+# [*open_files_limit*]
+#   (Optional) Maximum value for open-files-limit
+#   Defaults to 16384
+#
 class tripleo::profile::pacemaker::database::mysql_bundle (
   $mysql_docker_image             = hiera('tripleo::profile::pacemaker::database::mysql_bundle::mysql_docker_image', undef),
   $control_port                   = hiera('tripleo::profile::pacemaker::database::mysql_bundle::control_port', '3123'),
@@ -139,6 +143,7 @@ class tripleo::profile::pacemaker::database::mysql_bundle (
   $tls_priorities                 = hiera('tripleo::pacemaker::tls_priorities', undef),
   $pcs_tries                      = hiera('pcs_tries', 20),
   $step                           = Integer(hiera('step')),
+  $open_files_limit               = 16384,
 ) {
   if $::hostname == downcase($bootstrap_node) {
     $pacemaker_master = true
@@ -415,7 +420,7 @@ MYSQL_HOST=localhost\n",
         master_params   => '',
         meta_params     => "master-max=${galera_nodes_count} ordered=true container-attribute-target=host",
         op_params       => 'promote timeout=300s on-fail=block',
-        resource_params => "log='/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log' additional_parameters='--open-files-limit=16384' enable_creation=true wsrep_cluster_address='gcomm://${galera_nodes}' cluster_host_map='${cluster_host_map_string}'",
+        resource_params => "log='/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log' additional_parameters='--open-files-limit=${open_files_limit}' enable_creation=true wsrep_cluster_address='gcomm://${galera_nodes}' cluster_host_map='${cluster_host_map_string}'",
         tries           => $pcs_tries,
         location_rule   => {
           resource_discovery => 'exclusive',