diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0b6eb2c4039..088a9cd2b2f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ matrix:
       env: TEST_CONFIG="phpunit.xml"
     - php: 7.2
       env: ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION="1.4.2" TEST_CONFIG="phpunit-integration-legacy-elasticsearch.xml"
+    - name: Legacy Storage engine tests with MariaDB 10.3
+      php: 7.1
+      env: TEST_CONFIG="phpunit-integration-legacy.xml" DB="mariadb" DATABASE="mysql://root@localhost/testdb"
+      addons:
+        mariadb: 10.3
 
 
 # test only master, stable branches and pull requests
diff --git a/bin/.travis/prepare_unittest.sh b/bin/.travis/prepare_unittest.sh
index 5361dd48364..273894518c7 100755
--- a/bin/.travis/prepare_unittest.sh
+++ b/bin/.travis/prepare_unittest.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [ "$CUSTOM_CACHE_POOL" = "singleredis" ] ; then
 fi
 
 # Setup DB
-if [ "$DB" = "mysql" ] ; then
+if [ "$DB" = "mysql" ] || [ "$DB" = "mariadb" ] ; then
     # https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/3049
     # make sure we don't run out of entropy apparently (see link above)
     sudo apt-get -y install haveged