diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index d1b3014..ae346da 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 default[:sphinx][:use_stemmer]    = false
 default[:sphinx][:use_mysql]      = false
 default[:sphinx][:use_percona]    = false
+default[:sphinx][:use_mariadb]    = false
 default[:sphinx][:use_postgres]   = false
 
 # Source Installation Settings
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 51a0a8f..64b1b4a 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include_recipe "percona::client" if node[:sphinx][:use_percona]
 include_recipe "mysql::client" if node[:sphinx][:use_mysql]
+include_recipe "mariadb::client" if node[:sphinx][:use_mariadb]
 include_recipe "postgresql::client" if node[:sphinx][:use_postgres]
 include_recipe "sphinx::#{node[:sphinx][:install_method]}"
diff --git a/recipes/source.rb b/recipes/source.rb
index b74bf04..bb738ab 100644
--- a/recipes/source.rb
+++ b/recipes/source.rb
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 end
 
 # Install required dependency when building from source
-# against Percona server
-if node[:sphinx][:use_percona]
+# against Percona and MariaDB servers
+if (node[:sphinx][:use_percona] or node[:sphinx][:use_mariadb])
   case node[:platform_family]
   when 'debian'
     package 'libssl-dev'
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "--prefix=#{node[:sphinx][:source][:install_path]}",
     "--bindir=#{node[:sphinx][:source][:binary_path]}",
     node[:sphinx][:use_stemmer] ? '--with-libstemmer' : '--without-libstemmer',
-    (node[:sphinx][:use_mysql] or node[:sphinx][:use_percona]) ? '--with-mysql' : '--without-mysql',
+    (node[:sphinx][:use_mysql] or node[:sphinx][:use_percona] or node[:sphinx][:use_mariadb]) ? '--with-mysql' : '--without-mysql',
     node[:sphinx][:use_postgres] ? '--with-pgsql' : '--without-pgsql'
   ]
 end