diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/config/DialectResolver.java b/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/config/DialectResolver.java
index 04f0823e4..17c5c9302 100644
--- a/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/config/DialectResolver.java
+++ b/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/config/DialectResolver.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class DialectResolver {
 			if (name.contains("h2")) {
 				return H2Dialect.INSTANCE;
 			}
-			if (name.contains("mysql")) { // catches also mariadb
+			if (name.contains("mysql") || name.contains("mariadb")) {
 				return new MySqlDialect(getIdentifierProcessing(metaData));
 			}
 			if (name.contains("postgresql")) {