diff --git a/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk b/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk
index a743d020c0..a9cd9c9516 100644
--- a/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk
+++ b/package/mariadb/mariadb.mk
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ MARIADB_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = mysql_config
 
 MARIADB_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-mariadb \
+	fmt \
 	ncurses \
 	openssl \
 	zlib \
 	libaio \
 	libxml2
 
+MARIADB_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-DWITH_FMT=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 ef4a9531a7..8212d0fd3f 100644
--- a/package/mysql/Config.in
+++ b/package/mysql/Config.in
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ choice
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MARIADB
 	bool "mariadb"
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # fmt
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_8
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # fmt
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBAIO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FMT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_MYSQL
@@ -30,8 +33,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MARIADB
 
 	  http://www.mariadb.org/
 
-comment "mariadb needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
-	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+comment "mariadb needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, C++, wchar"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
+		|| !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_8
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ORACLE_MYSQL