diff --git a/client/tomcatconf/catalina.properties.in b/client/tomcatconf/catalina.properties.in
index dc2db354920..ce03ff6390b 100644
--- a/client/tomcatconf/catalina.properties.in
+++ b/client/tomcatconf/catalina.properties.in
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ package.definition=sun.,java.,org.apache.catalina.,org.apache.coyote.,org.apache
 #     "foo/*.jar": Add all the JARs of the specified folder as class 
 #                  repositories
 #     "foo/bar.jar": Add bar.jar as a class repository
-common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar
+common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar,/usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar
 
 #
 # List of comma-separated paths defining the contents of the "server"