diff --git a/srcpkgs/kea/template b/srcpkgs/kea/template
index 78ec7c0f956..0a9c0b03ea2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kea/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kea/template
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ hostmakedepends="flex bison perl pkg-config automake libtool
  doxygen elinks libxslt docbook-xsl python3-Sphinx python3-sphinx_rtd_theme"
 makedepends="boost-devel log4cplus-devel python3-devel
  $(vopt_if botan botan-devel libressl-devel)
- $(vopt_if mysql libmysqlclient-devel)
+ $(vopt_if mysql libmariadbclient-devel)
  $(vopt_if pgsql postgresql-libs-devel)"
 depends="libkea>=0"
 checkdepends="procps-ng" #needs pgrep