diff -Nru akonadi-1.11.80/debian/changelog akonadi-1.11.80/debian/changelog
--- akonadi-1.11.80/debian/changelog	2014-03-10 11:31:17.000000000 +0000
+++ akonadi-1.11.80/debian/changelog	2014-03-10 22:10:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+akonadi (1.11.80-0ubuntu3) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+  * Support mariadb as alternate database for the mysql backend as it is
+    also supported upstream said on IRC.
+    LP: #1289840
+
+ -- Harald Sitter <apachelogger@kubuntu.org>  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:09:34 +0100
+
 akonadi (1.11.80-0ubuntu2) trusty; urgency=medium
 
   * Install missing files
diff -Nru akonadi-1.11.80/debian/control akonadi-1.11.80/debian/control
--- akonadi-1.11.80/debian/control	2014-03-05 15:16:19.000000000 +0000
+++ akonadi-1.11.80/debian/control	2014-03-10 22:10:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@
 Package: akonadi-backend-mysql
 Section: misc
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, mysql-server-core-5.5, mysql-client-core-5.5, libqt4-sql-mysql
+Depends: ${misc:Depends},
+ mysql-server-core-5.5 | mariadb-server-core-5.5,
+ mysql-client-core-5.5 | mariadb-client-core-5.5,
+ libqt4-sql-mysql
 Recommends: akonadi-server
 Replaces: akonadi-server (<< 1.3.60~)
 Breaks: akonadi-server (<< 1.3.60~)