diff --git a/0001-build-use-mariadb-libraries-as-a-mysql-connector.patch b/0001-build-use-mariadb-libraries-as-a-mysql-connector.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0e5167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-build-use-mariadb-libraries-as-a-mysql-connector.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From ff03ff7d31dc6ccddccad44abfa6e9e4b72c5b01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nikita Tokarchuk <nikita@tokarch.uk>
+Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2022 17:54:55 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] build: use mariadb libraries as a mysql connector
+
+---
+ configure.ac | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index d71a4d7..64f94a2 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([postgres],
+ if test "$enable_mysql" == yes
+ then
+ 	# Check for mysql.
+-	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS `pkg-config --cflags mysqlclient`"
++	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS `pkg-config --cflags libmariadb`"
+ 
+ 	# Check MySQL development header
+ 	AC_CHECK_HEADERS([mysql.h], , [AC_MSG_ERROR([[mysql header not found; install mysql-devel and dependencies for MySQL Support]])])
+@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ then
+ 	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MYSQL], 1, [Define if mysql support is wanted])
+ 
+ 	# [] quotes, or autofoo will strip the character class [] in sed, breaking the regex.
+-	[LIBMYSQLCLIENT_SO=$( readlink $(pkg-config --variable=libdir mysqlclient)/libmysqlclient.so | sed -e 's,^.*/,,;s/\(\.so\.[0-9]*\)\..*$/\1/')]
++	[LIBMYSQLCLIENT_SO=$( readlink $(pkg-config --variable=libdir libmariadb)/libmariadb.so | sed -e 's,^.*/,,;s/\(\.so\.[0-9]*\)\..*$/\1/')]
+ 	test -n "$LIBMYSQLCLIENT_SO" || AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not determine library name to be used in dlopen for mysql support])
+ fi
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([LIBMYSQLCLIENT_SO], ["$LIBMYSQLCLIENT_SO"], [library name to be used in dlopen for mysql support])
+-- 
+2.35.1
+
diff --git a/csync2.spec b/csync2.spec
index 5a5a737..6b76137 100644
--- a/csync2.spec
+++ b/csync2.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Version: 2.1
 Release: 0rc1
 URL:            https://github.com/LINBIT/csync2#readme
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}-%{release}.tar.gz
+Patch1:         0001-build-use-mariadb-libraries-as-a-mysql-connector.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ It is expedient for HA-clusters, HPC-clusters, COWs and server farms.
 %prep
 %setup
 
+%autopatch -p1
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -I/usr/kerberos/include"