diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.8/debian-11/Dockerfile b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.8/debian-11/Dockerfile
index f47bb8590a6e..4d37336a1ed2 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.8/debian-11/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.8/debian-11/Dockerfile
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ FROM docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.base.name="docker.io/bitnami/minideb:bullseye" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-03-12T19:17:14Z" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.created="2023-03-15T23:11:30Z" \
       org.opencontainers.image.description="Application packaged by VMware, Inc" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="10.8.7-debian-11-r12" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.ref.name="10.8.7-debian-11-r13" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="mariadb-galera" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="VMware, Inc." \
       org.opencontainers.image.version="10.8.7"
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadbgalera.sh b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadbgalera.sh
index 29a08bab2f02..cfec900ea16b 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadbgalera.sh
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb-galera/10.8/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libmariadbgalera.sh
@@ -1103,6 +1103,11 @@ mysql_stop() {
 mysql_install_db() {
     local command="${DB_BIN_DIR}/mysql_install_db"
     local -a args=("--defaults-file=${DB_CONF_FILE}" "--basedir=${DB_BASE_DIR}" "--datadir=${DB_DATA_DIR}")
+    
+    # Add flags specified via the 'DB_EXTRA_FLAGS' environment variable
+    read -r -a db_extra_flags <<< "$(mysql_extra_flags)"
+    [[ "${#db_extra_flags[@]}" -gt 0 ]] && args+=("${db_extra_flags[@]}")
+
     am_i_root && args=("${args[@]}" "--user=$DB_DAEMON_USER")
     if [[ "$DB_FLAVOR" = "mariadb" ]]; then
         args+=("--auth-root-authentication-method=normal")