diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/ddl/SchemaChange.java b/src/main/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/ddl/SchemaChange.java
index fde6c1048..2f057e459 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/ddl/SchemaChange.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/ddl/SchemaChange.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public abstract class SchemaChange {
 		SQL_BLACKLIST.add(Pattern.compile("\\A\\s*ANALYZE\\s+TABLE", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE));
 		SQL_BLACKLIST.add(Pattern.compile("\\A\\s*SET\\s+PASSWORD", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE));
 		SQL_BLACKLIST.add(Pattern.compile("\\A\\s*(ALTER|CREATE|DROP|RENAME)\\s+USER", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE));
+		SQL_BLACKLIST.add(Pattern.compile("\\A\\s*ALTER\\s+INSTANCE.*", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE));
 
 		SQL_BLACKLIST.add(Pattern.compile("\\A\\s*(ALTER|CREATE|DROP)\\s+TEMPORARY\\s+TABLE", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE));
 		SQL_BLACKLIST.add(Pattern.compile("\\A\\s*(ALTER|CREATE|DROP)\\s+TABLESPACE", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.MULTILINE));
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/ddl/DDLParserTest.java b/src/test/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/ddl/DDLParserTest.java
index 2c3c30fd7..6412a2603 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/ddl/DDLParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/zendesk/maxwell/schema/ddl/DDLParserTest.java
@@ -620,4 +620,18 @@ public void testPolardbXCreateIndexSQL(){
 		assertThat(changes,is(nullValue()));
 
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testServerInstanceOperations(){
+
+		List<SchemaChange> parse = parse("ALTER INSTANCE ROTATE INNODB MASTER KEY");
+		List<SchemaChange> parse1 = parse("ALTER INSTANCE ROTATE BINLOG MASTER KEY");
+		List<SchemaChange> parse2 = parse("ALTER INSTANCE RELOAD TLS");
+		List<SchemaChange> parse3 = parse("ALTER INSTANCE RELOAD TLS NO ROLLBACK ON ERROR");
+
+		assertThat(parse,is(nullValue()));
+		assertThat(parse1,is(nullValue()));
+		assertThat(parse2,is(nullValue()));
+		assertThat(parse3,is(nullValue()));
+	}
 }