diff --git a/utils/version/mysql.go b/utils/version/mysql.go
index 147e70c3a..d895259fa 100644
--- a/utils/version/mysql.go
+++ b/utils/version/mysql.go
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func GetMySQLVersion(q *reform.Querier) (string, string, error) {
 		vendor = "percona"
 	case strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(ven), "mariadb"):
 		vendor = "mariadb"
+	case strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(ven), "debian") && strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(ver), "mariadb"):
+		vendor = "mariadb"
 	default:
 		vendor = "oracle"
 	}
diff --git a/utils/version/mysql_test.go b/utils/version/mysql_test.go
index 6c08b05b5..f9c94b72e 100644
--- a/utils/version/mysql_test.go
+++ b/utils/version/mysql_test.go
@@ -91,6 +91,21 @@ func TestGetMySQLVersion(t *testing.T) {
 			wantVendor:  "mariadb",
 			wantVersion: "10.2",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "MariaDB-Debian",
+			mockedData: []mockedVariables{
+				{
+					variable: "version",
+					value:    "10.1.48-MariaDB-0+deb9u2",
+				},
+				{
+					variable: "version_comment",
+					value:    "Debian 9.13",
+				},
+			},
+			wantVendor:  "mariadb",
+			wantVersion: "10.1",
+		},
 	}
 
 	//nolint:paralleltest