diff --git a/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk b/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk
index a9cd9c9516..a2701643e1 100644
--- a/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk
+++ b/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk
@@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ MARIADB_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	fmt \
 	ncurses \
 	openssl \
+	pcre2 \
 	zlib \
 	libaio \
 	libxml2
 
 MARIADB_CONF_OPTS += \
-	-DWITH_FMT=system
+	-DWITH_FMT=system \
+	-DWITH_PCRE=system
 
 # use bundled GPL-2.0+ licensed readline as package/readline is GPL-3.0+
 MARIADB_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_READLINE=ON
diff --git a/package/mysql/Config.in b/package/mysql/Config.in
index 8212d0fd3f..8942e55a45 100644
--- a/package/mysql/Config.in
+++ b/package/mysql/Config.in
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MARIADB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FMT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_MYSQL
 	help
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