diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 92edf0b70b3..2187246c603 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ message("   GAWK:                         ${GAWK}")
 message("   RPCGEN:                       ${RPCGEN}")
 message("   MTX:                          ${MTX}")
 message("   XTRABACKUP:                   ${XTRABACKUP}")
+message("   MARIABACKUP:                  ${MARIABACKUP}")
 message("   DEVELOPER:                    ${developer}")
 message("   LocalBuildDefinitionsFile:    ${BareosLocalBuildDefinitionsFile}")
 message("   HAVE_IS_TRIVIALLY_COPYABLE:   ${HAVE_IS_TRIVIALLY_COPYABLE}")
diff --git a/core/cmake/BareosFindPrograms.cmake b/core/cmake/BareosFindPrograms.cmake
index ff46060be6f..0a23b390961 100644
--- a/core/cmake/BareosFindPrograms.cmake
+++ b/core/cmake/BareosFindPrograms.cmake
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ find_program(GDB gdb)
 find_program(DBX dbx)
 find_program(MDB mdb)
 find_program(XTRABACKUP xtrabackup)
+find_program(MARIABACKUP mariabackup)
+
diff --git a/systemtests/CMakeLists.txt b/systemtests/CMakeLists.txt
index d1c8de465ca..492b59fed75 100644
--- a/systemtests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/systemtests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -397,7 +397,14 @@ else()
   list(APPEND SYSTEM_TESTS_DISABLED "python-fd-ovirt-plugin-test")
 endif()
 
-if(TARGET python-fd AND XTRABACKUP)
+if(XTRABACKUP)
+  set (XTRABACKUP_OR_MARIABACKUP ${XTRABACKUP})
+endif()
+if(MARIABACKUP)
+  set (XTRABACKUP_OR_MARIABACKUP ${MARIABACKUP})
+  set (extradumpoptions "--user=root")
+endif()
+if(TARGET python-fd AND XTRABACKUP_OR_MARIABACKUP )
   list(APPEND SYSTEM_TESTS "python-fd-percona-xtrabackup-plugin-test")
 else()
   list(APPEND SYSTEM_TESTS_DISABLED "python-fd-percona-xtrabackup-plugin-test")
diff --git a/systemtests/tests/python-fd-percona-xtrabackup-plugin-test/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/fileset/PerconaXtraBackupTest.conf.in b/systemtests/tests/python-fd-percona-xtrabackup-plugin-test/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/fileset/PerconaXtraBackupTest.conf.in
index c9f103d1433..60702c1d7a5 100644
--- a/systemtests/tests/python-fd-percona-xtrabackup-plugin-test/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/fileset/PerconaXtraBackupTest.conf.in
+++ b/systemtests/tests/python-fd-percona-xtrabackup-plugin-test/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/fileset/PerconaXtraBackupTest.conf.in
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ FileSet {
     Options {
       signature = MD5
     }
-    Plugin = "python:module_path=@python_plugin_module_src_test_dir@:module_name=bareos-fd-percona-xtrabackup"
+    Plugin = "python:module_path=@python_plugin_module_src_test_dir@:module_name=bareos-fd-percona-xtrabackup:dumpbinary=@XTRABACKUP_OR_MARIABACKUP@:extradumpoptions=@extradumpoptions@"
   }
 }
diff --git a/systemtests/tests/python-fd-percona-xtrabackup-plugin-test/testrunner b/systemtests/tests/python-fd-percona-xtrabackup-plugin-test/testrunner
index a1d2c9e8c85..9c07b973e8b 100755
--- a/systemtests/tests/python-fd-percona-xtrabackup-plugin-test/testrunner
+++ b/systemtests/tests/python-fd-percona-xtrabackup-plugin-test/testrunner
@@ -15,55 +15,47 @@ ${scripts}/cleanup
 ${scripts}/setup
 
 xtrabackup_test_db="${db_name}_xtrabackup"
+BCONSOLE="${current_test_directory}/bin/bconsole"
 
 start_test
 
-echo "------ running PERCONA tests"
 echo "drop database ${xtrabackup_test_db}" | mysql
 echo "create database ${xtrabackup_test_db}" | mysql
 echo "CREATE TABLE test ( id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, data VARCHAR(100), created TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW())  " | mysql ${xtrabackup_test_db}
 echo "insert into test (data) VALUES ('test entry 1') " | mysql ${xtrabackup_test_db}
 
 
-BCONSOLE="${current_test_directory}/bin/bconsole"
-
 run_bareos
 
 echo "@$out $tmp/log1.out"  | $BCONSOLE
 
 COMMAND="run job=$JobName"
-echo -e "$COMMAND \ryes\rwait" | $BCONSOLE #| grep "Job queued. JobId="
-#sleep 5
-echo -e "wait JobName=$JobName" | $BCONSOLE
-#sleep 2
+echo "$COMMAND yes" | $BCONSOLE
+echo "wait JobName=$JobName" | $BCONSOLE
 echo "status dir" | $BCONSOLE
 # insert data and run incremental
 echo "insert into test (data) VALUES ('test entry 2') " | mysql ${xtrabackup_test_db}
 
 COMMAND="$COMMAND level=Incremental"
-echo -e "$COMMAND \ryes\rwait" | $BCONSOLE #| grep "Job queued. JobId="
-#sleep 5
-echo -e "wait JobName=$JobName" | $BCONSOLE
-#sleep 2
+echo "$COMMAND yes" | $BCONSOLE #| grep "Job queued. JobId="
+echo "wait JobName=$JobName" | $BCONSOLE
 echo "status dir" | $BCONSOLE
 
 
 # run incremental again without any new data
-echo -e "$COMMAND \ryes\rwait" | $BCONSOLE #| grep "Job queued. JobId="
-#sleep 5
-echo -e "wait JobName=$JobName" | $BCONSOLE
-#sleep 2
+echo "$COMMAND yes" | $BCONSOLE #| grep "Job queued. JobId="
+echo "wait JobName=$JobName" | $BCONSOLE
 echo "status dir" | $BCONSOLE
 
 
 # run restore
-RESTORECMD="restore client=bareos-fd fileset=PerconaXtraBackupTest yes restorejob=RestoreFile select all\rdone\r"
+RESTORECMD="restore client=bareos-fd fileset=PerconaXtraBackupTest yes restorejob=RestoreFile select all done"
 
 echo "@$out $tmp/log2.out"  | $BCONSOLE
 
-JOBID=`echo -e "$RESTORECMD" | $BCONSOLE | grep "Job queued. JobId=" | sed s'/.*=//' `
+JOBID=`echo "$RESTORECMD" | $BCONSOLE | grep "Job queued. JobId=" | sed s'/.*=//' `
 
-echo -e "wait jobid=$JOBID" | $BCONSOLE | grep -q "JobStatus=OK"
+echo "wait jobid=$JOBID" | $BCONSOLE | grep -q "JobStatus=OK"
 if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
     echo "Restore Job $JOBID failed"
     estat=1