diff --git a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
index d115f0387f..d893482ca7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/emacs.scm
@@ -8128,7 +8128,7 @@ object has been freed.")
              #t)))))
     (inputs
      `(("emacs-minimal" ,emacs-minimal)
-       ("mysql" ,mysql)
+       ("mariadb" ,mariadb)
        ("postgresql" ,postgresql)))
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("emacs-finalize" ,emacs-finalize)