diff --git a/src/Mysql/MysqlDriver.php b/src/Mysql/MysqlDriver.php
index 14e3832f..681fd366 100644
--- a/src/Mysql/MysqlDriver.php
+++ b/src/Mysql/MysqlDriver.php
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ class MysqlDriver extends PdoDriver implements UTF8MB4SupportInterface
 		'DES-CBC3-SHA',
 	];
 
+	/**
+	 * The default charset.
+	 *
+	 * @var    string
+	 * @since  2.0.0
+	 */
+	public $charset = 'utf8';
+
 	/**
 	 * Constructor.
 	 *