diff --git a/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.2.2_beta.ebuild b/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.2.2_beta.ebuild
index a50af6013e..766ff0a853 100644
--- a/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.2.2_beta.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.2.2_beta.ebuild
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	default
 	eautoreconf -fi
 }
+
+src_configure() {
+	econf --with-mariadb
+}