diff --git a/database/mysql/create-testing-database.sh b/database/mysql/create-testing-database.sh
index c20ae5f7..c98b1367 100755
--- a/database/mysql/create-testing-database.sh
+++ b/database/mysql/create-testing-database.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 mysql --user=root --password="$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" <<-EOSQL
     CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS testing;
-    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON testing.* TO '$MYSQL_USER'@'%';
+    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `testing%`.* TO '$MYSQL_USER'@'%';
 EOSQL