diff --git a/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php b/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
index 363a38cb99e2d2799db8f0cc66a6c2c3ef3d3be6..bbf8cfd3b794fda0f2677b16c252716a41870d34 100644
--- a/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
+++ b/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
@@ -217,7 +217,12 @@ class installer_base {
 		//* check sql-mode
 		$check_sql_mode = $this->db->queryOneRecord("SELECT @@sql_mode");
 
-		if ($check_sql_mode['@@sql_mode'] != '' && $check_sql_mode['@@sql_mode'] != 'NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION') die('Wrong SQL-mode. You should use NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION');
+		if ($check_sql_mode['@@sql_mode'] != '' && $check_sql_mode['@@sql_mode'] != 'NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION') {
+			echo "Wrong SQL-mode. You should use NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION. Add\n\n";
+			echo "    sql-mode=\"NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION\"\n\n";
+			echo"to the mysqld-section in /etc/mysql/my.cnf and restart mysqld afterwards\n";
+			die();
+		}
 
 		//** Create the database
 		if(!$this->db->query('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ?? DEFAULT CHARACTER SET ?', $conf['mysql']['database'], $conf['mysql']['charset'])) {
diff --git a/install/lib/update.lib.php b/install/lib/update.lib.php
index 9fb57cb655862c26c8a6b6ad3212cf2d85f4ce97..a6bb42d2d4cbda15137bd6f540958adf21d60756 100644
--- a/install/lib/update.lib.php
+++ b/install/lib/update.lib.php
@@ -125,7 +125,12 @@ function updateDbAndIni() {
 
 	//* check sql-mode
 	$check_sql_mode = $inst->db->queryOneRecord("SELECT @@sql_mode");
-	if ($check_sql_mode['@@sql_mode'] != '' && $check_sql_mode['@@sql_mode'] != 'NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION') die('Wrong SQL-mode. You should use NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION');
+	if ($check_sql_mode['@@sql_mode'] != '' && $check_sql_mode['@@sql_mode'] != 'NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION') {
+		echo "Wrong SQL-mode. You should use NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION. Add\n\n";
+		echo "    sql-mode=\"NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION\"\n\n";
+		echo"to the mysqld-section in /etc/mysql/my.cnf and restart mysqld afterwards\n";
+		die();
+	}
 
 	//* Update $conf array with values from the server.ini that shall be preserved
 	$tmp = $inst->db->queryOneRecord("SELECT * FROM ?? WHERE server_id = ?", $conf["mysql"]["database"] . '.server', $conf['server_id']);