diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f283922..97d9ed7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,29 +6,29 @@ Simple docker image to facilitate backup creation, encryption & upload.
 
 | Env var                   | default             | possible values | description |
 |---------------------------| --------------------| ----------------| ----------------------|
-| BACKUP_COMPRESS                    | true                |                 | compress backup files |
-| BACKUP_COMPRESS_FORMAT             | gz                  |    gz, bz2, zip | compression format |
-| BACKUP_ENCRYPT                     | false               |                 | encrypt the backup files |
-| BACKUP_ENCRYPT_KEY                 |                     |                 | valid pgp public key |
-| BACKUP_ENCRYPT_RECIPIENT           |                     |                 | email address associated with the public key |
-| BACKUP_DB                          | false               |                 | export and backup a database |
-| BACKUP_DB_DRIVER                   |                     | mysql, postgres | database engine |
-| BACKUP_DB_HOST                     |                     |                 | db hostname |
-| BACKUP_DB_USER                     |                     |                 | db user |
-| BACKUP_DB_PASSWORD                 |                     |                 | db password |
-| BACKUP_DB_DATABASE                 |                     |                 | db name |
-| BACKUP_DB_EXTRA_ARGS               |                     |                 | extra args to provide to pg_dump/mysqldump |
-| BACKUP_DATE_FORMAT                 | +%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S" |   `date` format | format to use for dates |
-| BACKUP_PREFIX                      | {{DATE}}-"          |                 | prefix to use for backup files |
-| BACKUP_UPLOAD                      | false               |                 | upload the backups somewhere |
-| BACKUP_UPLOAD_METHOD               |                     |          gs, s3 | type of destination |
-| BACKUP_UPLOAD_GS_KEY_FILE          |                     |                 | path to gcloud key | |
-| BACKUP_UPLOAD_GS_PATH              |                     |                 | destination path (gs://bucket/subfolder/) |
-| BACKUP_UPLOAD_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY |                     |                 | secret key for S3 |
-| BACKUP_UPLOAD_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID     |                     |                 | access key for S3 |
-| BACKUP_UPLOAD_S3_REGION            |                     |                 | AWS region for S3 |
-| BACKUP_UPLOAD_S3_PATH              |                     |                 | S3 path to store the backup into |
-| BACKUP_UPLOAD_S3_ENDPOINT          | ""                  |                 | S3 endpoint, __ONLY__ for not AWS |
+| BACKUP_COMPRESS                    | true                |                          | compress backup files |
+| BACKUP_COMPRESS_FORMAT             | gz                  |    gz, bz2, zip          | compression format |
+| BACKUP_ENCRYPT                     | false               |                          | encrypt the backup files |
+| BACKUP_ENCRYPT_KEY                 |                     |                          | valid pgp public key |
+| BACKUP_ENCRYPT_RECIPIENT           |                     |                          | email address associated with the public key |
+| BACKUP_DB                          | false               |                          | export and backup a database |
+| BACKUP_DB_DRIVER                   |                     | mysql, postgres, mariadb | database engine |
+| BACKUP_DB_HOST                     |                     |                          | db hostname |
+| BACKUP_DB_USER                     |                     |                          | db user |
+| BACKUP_DB_PASSWORD                 |                     |                          | db password |
+| BACKUP_DB_DATABASE                 |                     |                          | db name |
+| BACKUP_DB_EXTRA_ARGS               |                     |                          | extra args to provide to pg_dump/mysqldump |
+| BACKUP_DATE_FORMAT                 | +%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S" |   `date` format          | format to use for dates |
+| BACKUP_PREFIX                      | {{DATE}}-"          |                          | prefix to use for backup files |
+| BACKUP_UPLOAD                      | false               |                          | upload the backups somewhere |
+| BACKUP_UPLOAD_METHOD               |                     |          gs, s3          | type of destination |
+| BACKUP_UPLOAD_GS_KEY_FILE          |                     |                          | path to gcloud key | |
+| BACKUP_UPLOAD_GS_PATH              |                     |                          | destination path (gs://bucket/subfolder/) |
+| BACKUP_UPLOAD_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY |                     |                          | secret key for S3 |
+| BACKUP_UPLOAD_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID     |                     |                          | access key for S3 |
+| BACKUP_UPLOAD_S3_REGION            |                     |                          | AWS region for S3 |
+| BACKUP_UPLOAD_S3_PATH              |                     |                          | S3 path to store the backup into |
+| BACKUP_UPLOAD_S3_ENDPOINT          | ""                  |                          | S3 endpoint, __ONLY__ for not AWS |
 
 ## Examples
 
diff --git a/files/backup_scripts/db_backups_functions.sh b/files/backup_scripts/db_backups_functions.sh
index 4abc677..0f378bb 100644
--- a/files/backup_scripts/db_backups_functions.sh
+++ b/files/backup_scripts/db_backups_functions.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ backup_db(){
     backup_postgres
   elif [ "$BACKUP_DB_DRIVER" == "mysql" ]; then
     backup_mysql
+  elif [ "$BACKUP_DB_DRIVER" == "mariadb" ]; then
+    backup_mariadb
   else
     die "BACKUP_DB_DRIVER not set"
   fi
@@ -51,3 +53,15 @@ backup_mysql(){
 
   handle_backup_file /tmp/db-backup.sql
 }
+
+backup_mariadb(){
+  echo "Backuping mariadb: $BACKUP_DB_USER@$BACKUP_DB_HOST/$BACKUP_DB_DATABASE"
+  check_db_params
+  mariadb-dump -u "$BACKUP_DB_USER" \
+    --password="$BACKUP_DB_PASSWORD" \
+    -h "$BACKUP_DB_HOST" \
+    $BACKUP_DB_EXTRA_ARGS \
+    "$BACKUP_DB_DATABASE" > /tmp/db-backup.sql
+
+  handle_backup_file /tmp/db-backup.sql
+}