diff --git a/install/kimai-install.sh b/install/kimai-install.sh
index 25d960914..34011e2b0 100644
--- a/install/kimai-install.sh
+++ b/install/kimai-install.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ echo "export COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER=1" >>~/.bashrc
 source ~/.bashrc
 $STD composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction
 cp .env.dist .env
-sed -i "/^DATABASE_URL=/c\DATABASE_URL=mysql://$DB_USER:$DB_PASS@127.0.0.1:3306/$DB_NAME?charset=utf8mb4&serverVersion=$MYSQL_VERSION" /opt/kimai/.env
+sed -i "/^DATABASE_URL=/c\DATABASE_URL=mysql://$DB_USER:$DB_PASS@127.0.0.1:3306/$DB_NAME?charset=utf8mb4&serverVersion=mariadb-$MYSQL_VERSION" /opt/kimai/.env
 $STD bin/console kimai:install -n
 $STD expect <<EOF
 set timeout -1