diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index c457b72..8c7a394 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ jobs:
           perl-version: ${{ matrix.perl }}
       - run: |
           author/ci_install_mysql.sh
-          cpanm --quiet --installdeps --notest --with-recommends .
+          cpanm --quiet --installdeps --notest .
+          if [[ "DATABASE_ADAPTER" == "mariadb" ]]; then
+            cpanm DBD::MariaDB
+          else
+            cpanm DBD::mysql
+          fi
           prove -lvr
         env:
           DATABASE_ADAPTER: ${{ matrix.mysql }}
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index b0cb544..8cd6483 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 requires 'Class::Accessor::Lite';
-requires 'DBD::mysql';
+recommends 'DBD::mysql';
+recommends 'DBD::MariaDB';
 requires 'DBI';
 requires 'File::Copy::Recursive';
 requires 'File::Temp';
diff --git a/lib/Test/mysqld.pm b/lib/Test/mysqld.pm
index 62b860d..f3839ef 100644
--- a/lib/Test/mysqld.pm
+++ b/lib/Test/mysqld.pm
@@ -12,6 +12,22 @@ use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
 use POSIX qw(SIGTERM WNOHANG);
 use Time::HiRes qw(sleep);
 
+my $driver = 'mysql';
+BEGIN {
+    eval {
+        require DBD::mysql;
+    };
+    if ($@) {
+        eval {
+            require DBD::MariaDB;
+            $driver = 'MariaDB';
+        };
+        if ($@) {
+            die "DBD::mysql or DBD::MariaDB is required to use Test::mysqld";
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 our $VERSION = '1.0020';
 
 our $errstr;
@@ -27,6 +43,7 @@ my %Defaults = (
     pid                   => undef,
     copy_data_from        => undef,
     _owner_pid            => undef,
+    driver                => $driver,
 );
 
 Class::Accessor::Lite->mk_accessors(keys %Defaults);
@@ -97,7 +114,7 @@ sub dsn {
         }
     }
     $args{dbname} ||= 'test';
-    return 'DBI:mysql:' . join(';', map { "$_=$args{$_}" } sort keys %args);
+    return "DBI:$self->{driver}:" . join(';', map { "$_=$args{$_}" } sort keys %args);
 }
 
 sub start {