diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/perl-dbd-mysql/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/perl-dbd-mysql/package.py
index 0cdf051ce06..63f1fb2f9c4 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/perl-dbd-mysql/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/perl-dbd-mysql/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ class PerlDbdMysql(PerlPackage):
 
     license("GPL-1.0-or-later OR Artistic-1.0-Perl")
 
+    version(
+        "5.005",
+        sha256="1558c203b3911e273d3f83249535b312165be2ca8edba6b6c210645d769d0541",
+        url="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/D/DV/DVEEDEN/DBD-mysql-5.005.tar.gz",
+    )
+    version(
+        "4.052",
+        sha256="a83f57af7817787de0ef56fb15fdfaf4f1c952c8f32ff907153b66d2da78ff5b",
+        url="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/D/DV/DVEEDEN/DBD-mysql-4.052.tar.gz",
+    )
+
     version(
         "4.050",
         sha256="4f48541ff15a0a7405f76adc10f81627c33996fbf56c95c26c094444c0928d78",
@@ -22,6 +33,18 @@ class PerlDbdMysql(PerlPackage):
     version("4.043", sha256="629f865e8317f52602b2f2efd2b688002903d2e4bbcba5427cb6188b043d6f99")
 
     depends_on("perl-devel-checklib", type="build", when="@4.050:")
-    depends_on("perl-test-deep", type=("build", "run"))
-    depends_on("perl-dbi", type=("build", "run"))
-    depends_on("mysql-client")
+
+    with default_args(type=("build", "link", "run")):
+        # Does it's own version check and mariadb doesn't conform to it's
+        # strict checking. This could probably be patched in the future.
+        depends_on("mysql@4:", when="@4")
+        depends_on("mysql@8", when="@5")
+
+    with default_args(type=("build", "run")):
+        depends_on("perl-test-deep")
+        depends_on("perl-dbi")
+
+    def configure_args(self):
+        # Work around mysql_config providing incorrect linker args
+        mysql = self.spec["mysql-client"].prefix
+        return [f"--cflags=-I{mysql.include}", f"--libs=-L{mysql.lib} -lmysqlclient"]