diff --git a/modules/gerrit/files/my.cnf b/modules/gerrit/files/my.cnf
index f221959d0c..bd6fde04ce 100644
--- a/modules/gerrit/files/my.cnf
+++ b/modules/gerrit/files/my.cnf
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ server-id    	       = 1
 log_bin			= /var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.log
 expire_logs_days		= 10
 max_binlog_size         = 100M
+binlog_format		= ROW        
 #binlog_do_db		  = include_database_name
 #binlog_ignore_db	  = include_database_name
 #