diff --git a/modules/system/ServiceProvider.php b/modules/system/ServiceProvider.php
index d1e801566..931fc8cbf 100644
--- a/modules/system/ServiceProvider.php
+++ b/modules/system/ServiceProvider.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use System\Classes\CombineAssets;
 use Backend\Classes\WidgetManager;
 use October\Rain\Support\ModuleServiceProvider;
 use October\Rain\Router\Helper as RouterHelper;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 
 class ServiceProvider extends ModuleServiceProvider
 {
@@ -84,6 +85,11 @@ class ServiceProvider extends ModuleServiceProvider
      */
     public function boot()
     {
+        // Fix UTF8MB4 support for MariaDB < 10.2 and MySQL < 5.7
+        if (Config::get('database.connections.mysql.charset') === 'utf8mb4') {
+            Schema::defaultStringLength(191);
+        }
+        
         /*
          * Boot plugins
          */