diff --git a/bundles/InstallBundle/Installer.php b/bundles/InstallBundle/Installer.php
index eed51743d19..6e8c8af6b4c 100644
--- a/bundles/InstallBundle/Installer.php
+++ b/bundles/InstallBundle/Installer.php
@@ -579,6 +579,9 @@ private function clearKernelCacheDir(KernelInterface $kernel)
 
     public function setupDatabase(array $userCredentials, array $errors = []): array
     {
+        $db = \Pimcore\Db::get();
+        $db->query('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0;');
+
         if ($this->createDatabaseStructure) {
             $mysqlInstallScript = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/Resources/install.sql');
 
@@ -588,7 +591,6 @@ public function setupDatabase(array $userCredentials, array $errors = []): array
             // get every command as single part
             $mysqlInstallScripts = explode(';', $mysqlInstallScript);
 
-            $db = \Pimcore\Db::get();
             // execute every script with a separate call, otherwise this will end in a PDO_Exception "unbufferd queries, ..." seems to be a PDO bug after some googling
             foreach ($mysqlInstallScripts as $m) {
                 $sql = trim($m);
@@ -627,6 +629,8 @@ public function setupDatabase(array $userCredentials, array $errors = []): array
             }
         }
 
+        $db->query('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=1;');
+
         return $errors;
     }