diff --git a/source/_components/recorder.markdown b/source/_components/recorder.markdown
index 6035c987ee8..9c522e73cc5 100644
--- a/source/_components/recorder.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/recorder.markdown
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ homeassistant@homeassistant:~$ source /srv/homeassistant/bin/activate
 (homeassistant) homeassistant@homeassistant:~$ pip3 install mysqlclient
 ```
 
-For MariaDB you may have to install a few dependencies. If you're using MariaDB version 10.2, `libmariadbclient-dev` was renamed to `libmariadb-dev`; please install the correct package based on your MariaDB version.
+For MariaDB you may have to install a few dependencies. If you're using MariaDB version 10.2, `libmariadbclient-dev` was renamed to `libmariadb-dev`. If you're using MariaDB 10.3, the package `libmariadb-dev-compat` must also be installed. Please install the correct packages based on your MariaDB version.
 
 On the Python side we use the `mysqlclient`: