diff --git a/extensions/reactive-mysql-client/deployment/pom.xml b/extensions/reactive-mysql-client/deployment/pom.xml
index 3ea61350604b3..19c3517b65487 100644
--- a/extensions/reactive-mysql-client/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/reactive-mysql-client/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-devservices-mysql</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-devservices-mariadb</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/extensions/reactive-mysql-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/reactive/mysql/client/deployment/ReactiveMySQLClientProcessor.java b/extensions/reactive-mysql-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/reactive/mysql/client/deployment/ReactiveMySQLClientProcessor.java
index b763f424b52d3..2354842e7865c 100644
--- a/extensions/reactive-mysql-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/reactive/mysql/client/deployment/ReactiveMySQLClientProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/reactive-mysql-client/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/reactive/mysql/client/deployment/ReactiveMySQLClientProcessor.java
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ ServiceStartBuildItem build(BuildProducer<FeatureBuildItem> feature,
     }
 
     @BuildStep
-    DevServicesDatasourceConfigurationHandlerBuildItem devDbHandler() {
-        return DevServicesDatasourceConfigurationHandlerBuildItem.reactive(DatabaseKind.MYSQL);
+    List<DevServicesDatasourceConfigurationHandlerBuildItem> devDbHandler() {
+        return List.of(DevServicesDatasourceConfigurationHandlerBuildItem.reactive(DatabaseKind.MYSQL),
+                DevServicesDatasourceConfigurationHandlerBuildItem.reactive(DatabaseKind.MARIADB));
     }
 
     @BuildStep