diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb/package.py
index 42019809c7e..5990660d5de 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb/package.py
@@ -47,5 +47,7 @@ class Mariadb(CMakePackage):
     depends_on('lz4')
     depends_on('zeromq')
     depends_on('msgpack-c')
+    depends_on('openssl')
+    depends_on('openssl@:1.0', when='@:10.1')
 
     conflicts('%gcc@9.1.0:', when='@:5.5')