diff --git a/cmd/icingadb/main.go b/cmd/icingadb/main.go
index 1c22afc79..15b82f58b 100644
--- a/cmd/icingadb/main.go
+++ b/cmd/icingadb/main.go
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@ func run() int {
 		cancelCtx()
 	}()
 	s := icingadb.NewSync(db, rc, logs.GetChildLogger("config-sync"))
-	hs := history.NewSync(db, rc, logs.GetChildLogger("history-sync"))
+	hs, err := history.NewSync(db, rc, logs.GetChildLogger("history-sync"))
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Fatalf("%+v", errors.Wrap(err, "can't create history sync"))
+	}
 	rt := icingadb.NewRuntimeUpdates(db, rc, logs.GetChildLogger("runtime-updates"))
 	ods := overdue.NewSync(db, rc, logs.GetChildLogger("overdue-sync"))
 	ret := history.NewRetention(
diff --git a/pkg/config/database.go b/pkg/config/database.go
index b42ff8e1c..7be48a1aa 100644
--- a/pkg/config/database.go
+++ b/pkg/config/database.go
@@ -128,19 +128,18 @@ func (d *Database) Open(logger *logging.Logger) (*icingadb.DB, error) {
 		return nil, unknownDbType(d.Type)
 	}
 
-	db, err := sqlx.Open("icingadb-"+d.Type, dsn)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "can't open database")
-	}
-
-	db.SetMaxIdleConns(d.Options.MaxConnections / 3)
-	db.SetMaxOpenConns(d.Options.MaxConnections)
-
-	db.Mapper = reflectx.NewMapperFunc("db", func(s string) string {
-		return utils.Key(s, '_')
-	})
-
-	return icingadb.NewDb(db, logger, &d.Options), nil
+	return icingadb.NewDb(
+		"icingadb-"+d.Type, dsn,
+		func(db *sqlx.DB) {
+			db.SetMaxIdleConns(d.Options.MaxConnections / 3)
+			db.SetMaxOpenConns(d.Options.MaxConnections)
+
+			db.Mapper = reflectx.NewMapperFunc("db", func(s string) string {
+				return utils.Key(s, '_')
+			})
+		},
+		&d.Options,
+		logger)
 }
 
 // Validate checks constraints in the supplied database configuration and returns an error if they are violated.
diff --git a/pkg/icingadb/db.go b/pkg/icingadb/db.go
index 4ff3e0dde..e476f623a 100644
--- a/pkg/icingadb/db.go
+++ b/pkg/icingadb/db.go
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ type DB struct {
 	logger            *logging.Logger
 	tableSemaphores   map[string]*semaphore.Weighted
 	tableSemaphoresMu sync.Mutex
+
+	driverName     string
+	dataSourceName string
+	dbConfFunc     func(db *sqlx.DB)
 }
 
 // Options define user configurable database options.
@@ -74,14 +78,39 @@ func (o *Options) Validate() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// NewDb returns a new icingadb.DB wrapper for a pre-existing *sqlx.DB.
-func NewDb(db *sqlx.DB, logger *logging.Logger, options *Options) *DB {
+// NewDb returns a new icingadb.DB wrapper around a *sqlx.DB.
+func NewDb(
+	driverName, dataSourceName string,
+	dbConfFunc func(db *sqlx.DB),
+	options *Options,
+	logger *logging.Logger,
+) (*DB, error) {
+	db, err := sqlx.Open(driverName, dataSourceName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't open database: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	dbConfFunc(db)
+
 	return &DB{
 		DB:              db,
-		logger:          logger,
 		Options:         options,
+		logger:          logger,
 		tableSemaphores: make(map[string]*semaphore.Weighted),
-	}
+		driverName:      driverName,
+		dataSourceName:  dataSourceName,
+		dbConfFunc:      dbConfFunc,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Copy this icingadb.DB into a new, independent icingadb.DB instance.
+func (db *DB) Copy() (*DB, error) {
+	opts := *db.Options
+	return NewDb(
+		db.driverName, db.dataSourceName,
+		db.dbConfFunc,
+		&opts,
+		db.logger)
 }
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/icingadb/history/sync.go b/pkg/icingadb/history/sync.go
index dc8bc6117..9af33f726 100644
--- a/pkg/icingadb/history/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/icingadb/history/sync.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package history
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v8"
 	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/internal"
 	"github.com/icinga/icingadb/pkg/com"
@@ -30,16 +31,32 @@ type Sync struct {
 }
 
 // NewSync creates a new Sync.
-func NewSync(db *icingadb.DB, redis *icingaredis.Client, logger *logging.Logger) *Sync {
+func NewSync(db *icingadb.DB, redis *icingaredis.Client, logger *logging.Logger) (*Sync, error) {
+	// The only database tables with foreign key constraints are found in the history context. By default - and for good
+	// reasons - a DB internally consists of a cluster of several database connections. However, if a multi-master
+	// database server setup is used, it can - and will - happen that this DB contains sessions to different servers and
+	// related queries will be submitted in the wrong order, at least in the eye of some database servers.
+	//
+	// To prevent this problem, an extra DB with only one connection is used for the history sync.
+	db, err := db.Copy()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't copy DB: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	db.SetMaxIdleConns(1)
+	db.SetMaxOpenConns(1)
+
 	return &Sync{
 		db:     db,
 		redis:  redis,
 		logger: logger,
-	}
+	}, nil
 }
 
 // Sync synchronizes Redis history streams from s.redis to s.db and deletes the original data on success.
 func (s Sync) Sync(ctx context.Context) error {
+	defer func() { _ = s.db.Close() }()
+
 	g, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 
 	for key, pipeline := range syncPipelines {