diff --git a/create_customer b/create_customer
index fdfc9f1..35496b5 100755
--- a/create_customer
+++ b/create_customer
@@ -12,17 +12,35 @@ echo ''
 MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=''
 MARIADB_CUSTOMER_NAME=''
 MARIADB_CUSTOMER_PASSWORD=''
+MARIADB_CUSTOMER_CHARSET=''
+MARIADB_CUSTOMER_COLLATE=''
 
 read -p 'Enter mariadb root password: ' MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD
 read -p 'Enter customer name: ' MARIADB_CUSTOMER_NAME
 read -p 'Enter customer password: ' MARIADB_CUSTOMER_PASSWORD
+read -p 'Enter character set (leave empty for default): ' MARIADB_CUSTOMER_CHARSET
+read -p 'Enter collate (leave empty for default): ' MARIADB_CUSTOMER_COLLATE
 
 MARIADB_CUSTOMER_DBNAME="${MARIADB_CUSTOMER_NAME}db"
 
 rm -f tmp
 touch tmp
 echo "CREATE USER '"$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_NAME"'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '"$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_PASSWORD"';" >> tmp
-echo "CREATE DATABASE "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_DBNAME";" >> tmp
+
+if [ -z "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_CHARSET" ]; then
+    if [ -z "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_COLLATE" ]; then
+        echo "CREATE DATABASE "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_DBNAME";" >> tmp
+    else
+        echo "CREATE DATABASE "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_DBNAME" COLLATE "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_COLLATE";" >> tmp
+    fi
+else
+    if [ -z "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_COLLATE" ]; then
+        echo "CREATE DATABASE "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_DBNAME" CHARACTER SET "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_CHARSET";" >> tmp
+    else
+        echo "CREATE DATABASE "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_DBNAME" CHARACTER SET "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_CHARSET" COLLATE "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_COLLATE";" >> tmp
+    fi
+fi
+
 echo "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON "$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_DBNAME".* To '"$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_NAME"'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '"$MARIADB_CUSTOMER_PASSWORD"';" >> tmp
 echo "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" >> tmp