diff -urNp old/apps/snmptrapd_sql.c new/apps/snmptrapd_sql.c
--- old/apps/snmptrapd_sql.c	2017-07-18 09:44:00.655109694 +0200
+++ new/apps/snmptrapd_sql.c	2017-07-19 12:51:14.836148821 +0200
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <my_sys.h>
 #include <mysql.h>
 #include <errmsg.h>
+#include <mysql_version.h>
 
 netsnmp_feature_require(container_fifo)
 
@@ -437,6 +438,7 @@ netsnmp_mysql_init(void)
         return -1;
     }
 
+#if MYSQL_VERSION_ID < 100000
 #ifdef HAVE_BROKEN_LIBMYSQLCLIENT
     my_init();
 #else
@@ -445,6 +447,7 @@ netsnmp_mysql_init(void)
 
     /** load .my.cnf values */
     load_defaults ("my", _sql.groups, &not_argc, &not_argv);
+#endif
     for(i=0; i < not_argc; ++i) {
         if (NULL == not_argv[i])
             continue;
@@ -542,6 +545,10 @@ netsnmp_mysql_init(void)
         return -1;
     }
 
+#if MYSQL_VERSION_ID > 100000
+    mysql_options(_sql.conn, MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP, "snmptrapd");
+#endif
+
     /** try to connect; we'll try again later if we fail */
     (void) netsnmp_mysql_connect();