diff --git a/desktop/kde/application/akonadi/pspec.xml b/desktop/kde/application/akonadi/pspec.xml
index 8f01488772..5f54048b23 100644
--- a/desktop/kde/application/akonadi/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/kde/application/akonadi/pspec.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
             <Dependency>qt5-base</Dependency>
             <Dependency>sqlite</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libgcc</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>mariadb-client</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="config">/etc/xdg</Path>