diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e09943d86c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, ncurses, openssl, bison, boost, libxml2, libaio, judy, libevent, groff }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mariadb-10.0.8";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://tweedo.com/mirror/mariadb/${name}/kvm-tarbake-jaunty-x86/${name}.tar.gz";
+    md5 = "2b925d0beae8101f1f3f98102da91bf7";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake ncurses openssl bison boost libxml2 libaio judy libevent groff ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DWITH_READLINE=yes" "-DWITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER=yes" "-DWITHOUT_TOKUDB=1" "-DINSTALL_SCRIPTDIR=bin" ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL";
+    homepage    = https://mariadb.org/;
+    license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.shlevy ];
+    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 64f2bb688c4a..44a23e828dfd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6294,6 +6294,8 @@ let
 
   #monetdb = callPackage ../servers/sql/monetdb { };
 
+  mariadb = callPackage ../servers/sql/mariadb {};
+
   mongodb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/mongodb { };
 
   riak = callPackage ../servers/nosql/riak/1.3.1.nix { };