diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 10f3624..b8ccf5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -182,8 +182,9 @@ The version of PHP to install from source (a git branch, tag, or commit hash).
     php_source_clone_depth: 1
     php_source_install_path: "/opt/php"
     php_source_install_gmp_path: "/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/gmp.h"
+    php_source_mysql_config: "/usr/bin/mysql_config"
 
-Location where source will be cloned and installed, and the location of the GMP header file (which can be platform/distribution specific).
+Location where source will be cloned and installed, and the location of the GMP header file (which can be platform/distribution specific), and `mysql_config` binary (this may be `mariadb_config` in newer operating system versions).
 
     php_source_make_command: "make"
 
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 3e2c686..e716d59 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ php_source_clone_dir: "~/php-src"
 php_source_clone_depth: 1
 php_source_install_path: "/opt/php"
 php_source_install_gmp_path: "/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/gmp.h"
+php_source_mysql_config: "/usr/bin/mysql_config"
 # For faster compile time: "make --jobs=X" where X is # of cores present.
 php_source_make_command: "make"
 php_source_configure_command: >
@@ -136,4 +137,4 @@ php_source_configure_command: >
   --with-zlib=/usr
   --with-bz2=/usr
   --with-recode=/usr
-  --with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config
+  --with-mysqli={{ php_source_mysql_config }}
diff --git a/tasks/install-from-source.yml b/tasks/install-from-source.yml
index cde8e5c..73a08c3 100644
--- a/tasks/install-from-source.yml
+++ b/tasks/install-from-source.yml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
       - bison
       - pkg-config
       - re2c
-      - sqlite-dev
-      - libonig2
+      - libsqlite3-dev
+      - libonig-dev
       - libxml2-dev
       - libcurl4-openssl-dev
       - libbz2-dev
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
       - libfreetype6-dev
       - libgmp3-dev
       - libmcrypt-dev
-      - libmysqlclient-dev
+      - libmariadbclient-dev
       - libpspell-dev
       - librecode-dev
       - libssl-dev