diff --git a/commafeed-server/config.yml.example b/commafeed-server/config.yml.example
index e521a939..298c02f7 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/config.yml.example
+++ b/commafeed-server/config.yml.example
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ app:
 
 # Database connection
 # -------------------
+# for MariaDB
+# driverClass is org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
+# url is jdbc:mariadb://localhost/commafeed?autoReconnect=true&failOverReadOnly=false&maxReconnects=20&rewriteBatchedStatements=true
+#
 # for MySQL
 # driverClass is com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
 # url is jdbc:mysql://localhost/commafeed?autoReconnect=true&failOverReadOnly=false&maxReconnects=20&rewriteBatchedStatements=true
diff --git a/commafeed-server/pom.xml b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
index 49539783..16feeeee 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
@@ -444,6 +444,11 @@
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
 			<version>8.0.33</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
+			<version>3.1.4</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
@@ -494,4 +499,4 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>