diff --git a/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk b/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk
index a2701643e1..78e4703eee 100644
--- a/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk
+++ b/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ MARIADB_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DLIBRESSL_RESULT__TRYRUN_OUTPUT="LibreSSL $(LIBRESSL_VERSION)"
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),y)
+MARIADB_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
+MARIADB_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_SYSTEMD=yes
+else
+MARIADB_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_SYSTEMD=no
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MARIADB_SERVER),y)
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MARIADB_SERVER_EMBEDDED),y)
 MARIADB_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER=ON
diff --git a/package/mariadb/mysqld.service b/package/mariadb/mysqld.service
index 537430e9a2..9433e14630 100644
--- a/package/mariadb/mysqld.service
+++ b/package/mariadb/mysqld.service
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Restart=always
 User=mysql
 RuntimeDirectory=mysql
 RuntimeDirectoryMode=0755
+Type=notify
+NotifyAccess=all
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target