diff --git a/core/libgda/DEPENDS b/core/libgda/DEPENDS
index 47328ef..7b67601 100644
--- a/core/libgda/DEPENDS
+++ b/core/libgda/DEPENDS
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ depends glib-2
 depends gtk-doc
 depends readline
 
-optional_depends "mysql"      "" "--without-mysql"    "for mysql backend support"
+optional_depends "%MYSQL"      "" "--without-mysql"    "for mysql backend support"
 optional_depends "postgresql" "" "--without-postgres" "for postgresql backend support"
 optional_depends "openldap"   "" ""                   "for LDAP backend support"
 optional_depends "freetds"    "" "--without-tds"      "for tds backend support"