diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9cca6da..7f72670 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ After the command, the 'Joomla Installer' screen remains open in the session.
 
 :warning: The `/installation` folder is not deleted after the installation.
 This allows multiple runs of the command `installJoomla`.
-For production sites the  `/installation` folder needs to be deleted after installation.
+For production sites the `/installation` folder needs to be deleted after installation.
 
 See also [installJoomlaMultilingualSite](#installjoomlamultilingualsite).
 
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ cy.installJoomla(config)
 ##### Arguments
 
 - **`config`** *(object)*: Configuration object containing sitename, name, username, password, email,
-  db_type, db_host, db_user, db_password, db_name and db_prefix.
+  db_type, db_host, db_port, db_user, db_password, db_name and db_prefix.
+
+:point_right: The use of `db_port` for a non-standard database port currently (August 2024) only works for MariaDB and MySQL.
 
 ##### Example
 
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ const config = {
         email: "sampleuser@example.com",
       db_type: "MySQLi",
       db_host: "localhost",
+      db_port: "3316"
       db_user: "joomla",
   db_password: "joomla-db-user-password",
       db_name: "sample_joomla",
@@ -273,9 +276,11 @@ cy.installJoomlaMultilingualSite(config, languages)
 ##### Arguments
 
 - **`config`** *(object)*: Configuration object containing sitename, name, username, password, email,
-  db_type, db_host, db_user, db_password, db_name and db_prefix.
+  db_type, db_host, db_port, db_user, db_password, db_name and db_prefix.
 - **`languages`** *(string[], optional, default: ["French"])*: Array of additional languages to be installed.
 
+:point_right: The use of `db_port` for a non-standard database port currently (August 2024) only works for MariaDB and MySQL.
+
 ##### Example
 
 ```javascript
@@ -287,6 +292,7 @@ const config = {
         email: "sampleuser@example.com",
       db_type: "MySQLi",
       db_host: "localhost",
+      db_port: "3316",
       db_user: "joomla",
   db_password: "joomla-db-user-password",
       db_name: "sample_joomla",
diff --git a/src/joomla.js b/src/joomla.js
index 028942a..5791d13 100644
--- a/src/joomla.js
+++ b/src/joomla.js
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ const joomlaCommands = () => {
     cy.get('#step2').click()
 
     // Fill database configuration
+    let connection = config.db_host
+    if (config.db_port && config.db_port.trim() !== "") {
+      // host:port currently (August 2024) only work for MariaDB and MySQL
+      connection += `:${config.db_port.trim()}`;
+    }
     cy.get('#jform_db_type').select(config.db_type)
-    cy.get('#jform_db_host').clear().type(config.db_host)
+    cy.get('#jform_db_host').clear().type(connection)
     cy.get('#jform_db_user').type(config.db_user)
 
     if (config.db_password) {