diff --git a/gnu/packages/haxe.scm b/gnu/packages/haxe.scm
index e4ed5f6792..6fc30ce02f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/haxe.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/haxe.scm
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ (define-public neko
                   gtk+-2
                   libgc
                   mbedtls-apache
-                  mysql
+                  (list mariadb "dev")
+                  (list mariadb "lib")
                   openssl
                   pcre
                   sqlite