diff --git a/scripts/mysql.sh b/scripts/mysql.sh
index 5bd02d92..755e5191 100644
--- a/scripts/mysql.sh
+++ b/scripts/mysql.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ sudo apt-get install -qq $mysql_package
 if [ $3 == "true" ]; then
     # enable remote access
     # setting the mysql bind-address to allow connections from everywhere
-    sed -i "s/bind-address.*/bind-address = 0.0.0.0/" /etc/mysql/my.cnf
+    if [ $2 == "5.6" ]; then
+        sed -i "s/bind-address.*/bind-address = 0.0.0.0/" /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
+    else
+        sed -i "s/bind-address.*/bind-address = 0.0.0.0/" /etc/mysql/my.cnf
+    fi
 
     # adding grant privileges to mysql root user from everywhere
     # thx to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7528967/how-to-grant-mysql-privileges-in-a-bash-script for this