diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index c46165b5..b85235c7 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 # libpq-dev is needed by openstack-tox-py37 build only.
 libpq-dev [platform:dpkg test]
 python3-dev [platform:dpkg test]
-libmysqlclient-dev [platform:dpkg test]
+libmysqlclient-dev [platform:dpkg test !platform:debian]
+libmariadb-dev-compat [platform:debian]
 mysql [platform:rpm test]
-mysql-client [platform:dpkg test]
+mysql-client [platform:dpkg test !platform:debian]
 mysql-devel [platform:rpm test]
-mysql-server [test]
+mysql-server [test !platform:debian]
+mariadb-server [platform:debian]
 postgresql [test]
 postgresql-client [platform:dpkg test]
 postgresql-devel [platform:rpm test]