diff --git a/runtimes/8.3/Dockerfile b/runtimes/8.3/Dockerfile
index 7f0acdd7..f2d9b149 100644
--- a/runtimes/8.3/Dockerfile
+++ b/runtimes/8.3/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="Taylor Otwell"
 
 ARG WWWGROUP
 ARG NODE_VERSION=20
+ARG MYSQL_CLIENT="mysql-client"
 ARG POSTGRES_VERSION=15
 
 WORKDIR /var/www/html
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     && echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/pgdg.gpg] http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt jammy-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y yarn \
-    && apt-get install -y mysql-client \
+    && apt-get install -y $MYSQL_CLIENT \
     && apt-get install -y postgresql-client-$POSTGRES_VERSION \
     && apt-get -y autoremove \
     && apt-get clean \
diff --git a/src/Console/Concerns/InteractsWithDockerComposeServices.php b/src/Console/Concerns/InteractsWithDockerComposeServices.php
index 258738c6..a89056b9 100644
--- a/src/Console/Concerns/InteractsWithDockerComposeServices.php
+++ b/src/Console/Concerns/InteractsWithDockerComposeServices.php
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ protected function buildDockerCompose(array $services)
             ? Yaml::parseFile($composePath)
             : Yaml::parse(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../../../stubs/docker-compose.stub'));
 
+        // Prepare the installation of the "mariadb-client" package if the MariaDB service is used...
+        if (in_array('mariadb', $services)) {
+            $compose['services']['laravel.test']['build']['args']['MYSQL_CLIENT'] = 'mariadb-client';
+        }
+
         // Adds the new services as dependencies of the laravel.test service...
         if (! array_key_exists('laravel.test', $compose['services'])) {
             $this->warn('Couldn\'t find the laravel.test service. Make sure you add ['.implode(',', $services).'] to the depends_on config.');