--- a/configure.ac	Sun Nov 10 16:48:19 2019 +0100
+++ b/configure.ac	Sat Nov 23 11:34:33 2019 +0100
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 if test "$result" = "yes"; then
   LIBS="$LIBS -lmysqlclient"
   AC_CHECK_HEADERS(mysql/mysql.h)
+  AC_CHECK_HEADERS(mariadb/mysql.h)
 else
   AC_MSG_ERROR(mysqlclient not found)
 fi