diff --git a/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk b/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk
index 4eb9c71827..18667e7e70 100644
--- a/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk
+++ b/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ MARIADB_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=1
 # Explicitly disable dtrace to avoid detection of a host version
 MARIADB_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_DTRACE=0
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRESSL),y)
+MARIADB_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-DLIBRESSL_RESULT=ON \
+	-DLIBRESSL_RESULT__TRYRUN_OUTPUT="LibreSSL $(LIBRESSL_VERSION)"
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MARIADB_SERVER),y)
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MARIADB_SERVER_EMBEDDED),y)
 MARIADB_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER=ON