diff --git a/setup_posix.py b/setup_posix.py
index 9289bb50..2b594102 100644
--- a/setup_posix.py
+++ b/setup_posix.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def get_config():
         # properly handle mysql client libraries that are not called libmysqlclient
         client = None
         CLIENT_LIST = ['mysqlclient', 'mysqlclient_r', 'mysqld', 'mariadb',
-                       'perconaserverclient', 'perconaserverclient_r']
+                       'mariadbclient', 'perconaserverclient', 'perconaserverclient_r']
         for c in CLIENT_LIST:
             if c in libraries:
                 client = c