diff --git a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/changelog.txt
index de257bab2b..eac54c3bce 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+107
+- update MariaDB to 10.9.3
+- supports openssl
+- migrated to pcre2
+
 106
 - update MariaDB to 10.4.22
 - drop support for TokuDB, it is deprecated in 10.5.y and is not
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/package.mk b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/package.mk
index 1486e64596..9a39393d7b 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/package.mk
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="mariadb"
-PKG_VERSION="10.4.22"
-PKG_REV="106"
-PKG_SHA256="44bdc36eeb02888296e961718bae808f3faab268ed49160a785248db60500c00"
+PKG_VERSION="10.9.3"
+PKG_REV="107"
+PKG_SHA256="9a1e229972fcccc8270e633f68d3fb824da151dcf4f53da1df8d947aca876bee"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL2"
 PKG_SITE="https://mariadb.org"
 PKG_URL="https://downloads.mariadb.com/MariaDB/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}/source/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain:host ncurses:host openssl:host"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain binutils bzip2 libaio libxml2 lzo ncurses openssl systemd zlib mariadb:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain binutils boost bzip2 libaio libxml2 lz4 lzo ncurses openssl pcre2 systemd zlib mariadb:host"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="MariaDB is a community-developed fork of the MySQL."
 PKG_LONGDESC="MariaDB (${PKG_VERSION}) is a fast SQL database server and a drop-in replacement for MySQL."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake"
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ configure_package() {
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE=NEVER \
     -DSTACK_DIRECTION=-1 \
     -DHAVE_IB_GCC_ATOMIC_BUILTINS=1 \
-    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=OFF \
-    import_executables"
+    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=OFF"
 
   PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET=" \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE=NEVER \
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ configure_package() {
     -DWITH_SSL=${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr \
     -DWITH_JEMALLOC=OFF \
     -DWITHOUT_TOKUDB=1 \
-    -DWITH_PCRE=bundled \
+    -DWITH_PCRE=system \
     -DWITH_ZLIB=bundled \
     -DWITH_EDITLINE=bundled \
     -DWITH_LIBEVENT=bundled \
@@ -71,7 +70,13 @@ configure_package() {
     -DENABLE_STATIC_LIBS=OFF \
     -DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock \
     -DWITH_SAFEMALLOC=OFF \
-    -DWITHOUT_AUTH_EXAMPLES=ON"
+    -DWITHOUT_AUTH_EXAMPLES=ON \
+    -DLSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK_EXITCODE=0 \
+    -DLSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK_EXITCODE__TRYRUN_OUTPUT='' \
+    -DMASK_LONGDOUBLE_EXITCODE=0 \
+    -DMASK_LONGDOUBLE_EXITCODE__TRYRUN_OUTPUT='' \
+    -DSTAT_EMPTY_STRING_BUG_EXITCODE=0 \
+    -DSTAT_EMPTY_STRING_BUG_EXITCODE__TRYRUN_OUTPUT=''"
 }
 
 make_host() {
@@ -93,8 +98,8 @@ addon() {
   mkdir -p ${ADDON}/bin
   mkdir -p ${ADDON}/config
 
-  cp ${MARIADB}/bin/mysql \
-     ${MARIADB}/bin/mysqld \
+  cp ${MARIADB}/bin/mariadbd \
+     ${MARIADB}/bin/mysql \
      ${MARIADB}/bin/mysqladmin \
      ${MARIADB}/bin/mysqldump \
      ${MARIADB}/bin/mysql_secure_installation \
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/bin/mariadb.start b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/bin/mariadb.start
index fcc5db528c..365b034674 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/bin/mariadb.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/mariadb/source/bin/mariadb.start
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ oe_setup_addon service.mariadb
 mkdir -p /var/run/mysqld
 
 # exit if already running
-PID=$(ps aux | awk '/\/bin\/mysqld/ {print $1; exit 0}')
+PID=$(ps aux | awk '/\/bin\/mariadbd/ {print $1; exit 0}')
 if [ -n "$PID" ]; then
   echo "MariaDB server is already running"
   exit 0
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ fi
 
 # install database
 if [ ! -d "$ADDON_HOME/data/mysql" ]; then
+  mkdir -p $ADDON_HOME/data
   echo "Installing database"
   $ADDON_DIR/bin/mysql_install_db --basedir=$ADDON_DIR --datadir=$ADDON_HOME/data
 fi
@@ -54,5 +55,5 @@ SQL_DATA
   init_file="--init-file=$ADDON_HOME/set_mysql_passwords.sql"
 fi
 
-echo "Starting mysqld"
-MYSQL_HOME="$ADDON_HOME" exec $ADDON_DIR/bin/mysqld $init_file &
+echo "Starting mariadbd"
+MYSQL_HOME="$ADDON_HOME" exec $ADDON_DIR/bin/mariadbd $init_file &