diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/mysql_database/mysql.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/mysql_database/mysql.rb
index 8e660e46a..c95709390 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/mysql_database/mysql.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/mysql_database/mysql.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ def self.instances(managed_databases = nil)
           attributes[k] = v
         end
       rescue Puppet::ExecutionFailure => e
-        raise unless e.message.include?('Unknown database')
+        # MySQL/MariaDB error 1049 is ER_BAD_DB_ERROR ("Unknown database"). Match on the numeric error code to handle localized error text.
+        raise unless e.message.include?('ERROR 1049 ')
 
         next
       end
diff --git a/spec/unit/puppet/provider/mysql_database/mysql_spec.rb b/spec/unit/puppet/provider/mysql_database/mysql_spec.rb
index 4f0364c98..d7a5aad49 100644
--- a/spec/unit/puppet/provider/mysql_database/mysql_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/puppet/provider/mysql_database/mysql_spec.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@
       expect(databases).to eq(['managed_existing'])
     end
 
+    it 'skips managed databases that no longer exist under a non-English locale' do
+      allow(provider.class).to receive(:mysql_caller).with(["show variables like '%_database'", 'managed_existing'], 'regular').and_return("character_set_database latin1\ncollation_database  latin1_swedish_ci\nskip_show_database  OFF") # rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength
+      allow(provider.class).to receive(:mysql_caller)
+        .with(["show variables like '%_database'", 'managed_missing'], 'regular')
+        .and_raise(Puppet::ExecutionFailure, "Execution of '/usr/bin/mariadb -NBe show variables like '%_database' managed_missing' returned 1: ERROR 1049 (42000): Unbekannte Datenbank 'managed_missing'") # rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength
+
+      databases = provider.class.instances(['managed_existing', 'managed_missing']).map(&:name)
+      expect(databases).to eq(['managed_existing'])
+    end
+
     it 're-raises unexpected database lookup failures' do
       allow(provider.class).to receive(:mysql_caller).with(["show variables like '%_database'", 'managed_broken'], 'regular').and_raise(Puppet::ExecutionFailure, 'ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied')