diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb/package.py
index 9d3f5153174..11df1fc7283 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mariadb/package.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class Mariadb(CMakePackage):
             'operations in the mariadb client library.')
 
     provides('mariadb-client')
+    provides('mysql-client')
 
     depends_on('boost')
     depends_on('cmake@2.6:', type='build')