diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-mysqlclient/template b/srcpkgs/python3-mysqlclient/template
index 12b06f20d65..efbda51472b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-mysqlclient/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-mysqlclient/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=4
 wrksrc="mysqlclient-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
-makedepends="libmysqlclient-devel python3-devel zlib-devel libressl-devel"
+makedepends="libmariadbclient-devel python3-devel zlib-devel libressl-devel"
 short_desc="Python3 interface to MySQL/MariaDB"
 maintainer="Alin Dobre <alin.dobre@outlook.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"