diff --git a/pdns-admin/docker-entrypoint.sh b/pdns-admin/docker-entrypoint.sh
index b417441..7bf6d8b 100755
--- a/pdns-admin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/pdns-admin/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ subvars --prefix 'PDNS_ADMIN_' < '/config.py.tpl' > '/opt/powerdns-admin/powerdn
 
 # Initialize DB if needed
 if [[ "${PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_TYPE}" == 'mysql' ]]; then
-    SQL_COMMAND="mysql -h ${PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_HOST} -P ${PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_PORT} -u ${PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_USER} -p${PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_PASSWORD} -e"
+    SQL_COMMAND="mariadb -h ${PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_HOST} -P ${PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_PORT} -u ${PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_USER} -p${PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_PASSWORD} -e"
 elif [[ "${PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_TYPE}" == 'postgres' ]]; then
     PGPASSWORD="${PDNS_ADMIN_SQLA_DB_PASSWORD}"
     export PGPASSWORD
diff --git a/pdns-mysql/docker-entrypoint.sh b/pdns-mysql/docker-entrypoint.sh
index ac891e8..b75c24e 100755
--- a/pdns-mysql/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/pdns-mysql/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ generateMySQLCommand() {
       EXTRA="${EXTRA} --socket=${PDNS_gmysql_socket}"
   fi
 
-  MYSQL_COMMAND="mysql -h ${PDNS_gmysql_host} -P ${PDNS_gmysql_port} -u ${PDNS_gmysql_user}${EXTRA}"
+  MYSQL_COMMAND="mariadb -h ${PDNS_gmysql_host} -P ${PDNS_gmysql_port} -u ${PDNS_gmysql_user}${EXTRA}"
 }
 
 createDatabaseIfRequested() {