diff --git a/utils/mariadb/Makefile b/utils/mariadb/Makefile
index 545daba01..92cadf31b 100644
--- a/utils/mariadb/Makefile
+++ b/utils/mariadb/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mariadb
-PKG_VERSION:=10.1.33
+PKG_VERSION:=10.1.34
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL := \
 	https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/dbms/mariadb/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)/source \
 	https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)/source
 
-PKG_HASH:=94312c519f2c0c25e1964c64e22aff0036fb22dfb2685638f43a6b2211395d2d
+PKG_HASH:=c7e0719fd08790c096585bf867fe87e084b310f2f3679e059e3b10b9fd6d5548
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml@gmx.net>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ MARIADB_SERVER_PLUGINS := \
 	ha_federated \
 	ha_federatedx \
 	ha_innodb \
+	ha_sequence \
+	ha_sphinx \
 	ha_spider \
 	ha_test_sql_discovery \
 	handlersocket \
@@ -103,6 +105,8 @@ plugin-ha_example               := PLUGIN_EXAMPLE
 plugin-ha_federated             := PLUGIN_FEDERATED
 plugin-ha_federatedx            := PLUGIN_FEDERATEDX
 plugin-ha_innodb                := PLUGIN_INNOBASE
+plugin-ha_sequence              := PLUGIN_SEQUENCE
+plugin-ha_sphinx                := PLUGIN_SPHINX
 plugin-ha_spider                := PLUGIN_SPIDER
 plugin-ha_test_sql_discovery    := PLUGIN_TEST_SQL_DISCOVERY
 plugin-handlersocket            := PLUGIN_HANDLERSOCKET
@@ -264,6 +268,7 @@ define Package/mariadb-server
   TITLE:=MariaDB database core server binaries
   MENU:=1
   PROVIDES:=mysql-server
+  USERID:=mariadb=376:mariadb=376
 endef
 
 define Package/mariadb-server/description
@@ -340,9 +345,10 @@ CMAKE_OPTIONS += \
 	-DINSTALL_SCRIPTDIR=bin \
 	-DINSTALL_SQLBENCHDIR="" \
 	-DINSTALL_SUPPORTFILESDIR=share/mysql \
-	-DMYSQLD_USER=root \
+	-DINSTALL_UNIX_ADDRDIR=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock \
+	-DMYSQLD_USER=mariadb \
 	-DMYSQL_DATADIR=/var/lib/mysql \
-	-DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/var/run/mysqld.sock \
+	-DMYSQL_UNIX_ADDR=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock \
 	-DSKIP_TESTS=ON \
 	-DWITH_ASAN=OFF \
 	-DWITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER=OFF \
@@ -371,7 +377,6 @@ CMAKE_OPTIONS += \
 	-DPLUGIN_MROONGA=NO \
 	-DPLUGIN_OQGRAPH=NO \
 	-DPLUGIN_ROCKSDB=NO \
-	-DPLUGIN_SPHINX=NO \
 	-DPLUGIN_TOKUDB=NO \
 	-DPLUGIN_AUTH_PAM=NO \
 	-DPLUGIN_AUTH_GSSAPI=NO \
@@ -441,6 +446,10 @@ endef
 define Package/mariadb-client/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(foreach b,$(MARIADB_CLIENT),$(call Package/mariadb/install/bin,$(1),$(b));)
+	# Install convenience links for mysqlcheck multi-call binary
+	cd $(1)/usr/bin; $(LN) mysqlcheck mysqlanalyze
+	cd $(1)/usr/bin; $(LN) mysqlcheck mysqlrepair
+	cd $(1)/usr/bin; $(LN) mysqlcheck mysqloptimize
 endef
 
 define Package/mariadb-client-extra/install
@@ -456,10 +465,12 @@ endef
 define Package/mariadb-server/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(foreach b,$(MARIADB_SERVER),$(call Package/mariadb/install/bin,$(1),$(b));)
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/default
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/mysql/conf.d
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) files/mysqld.init $(1)/etc/init.d/mysqld
 	$(INSTALL_CONF) conf/my.cnf $(1)/etc/mysql
+	$(INSTALL_CONF) conf/mysqld.default $(1)/etc/default/mysqld
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)$(PLUGIN_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL_CONF) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)$(PLUGIN_DIR)/daemon_example.ini $(1)$(PLUGIN_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/share/mysql/english
@@ -477,8 +488,9 @@ define Package/mariadb-server-extra/install
 endef
 
 define Package/mariadb-server/conffiles
+/etc/default/mysqld
 /etc/mysql/my.cnf
-/usr/lib/mysql/plugin/daemon_example.ini
+$(PLUGIN_DIR)/daemon_example.ini
 endef
 
 define BuildPlugin
@@ -525,9 +537,12 @@ $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,file_key_management,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ha_archive,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ha_blackhole,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ha_connect,+libxml2))
+$(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ha_example,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ha_federated,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ha_federatedx,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ha_innodb,))
+$(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ha_sequence,))
+$(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ha_sphinx,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ha_spider,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,ha_test_sql_discovery,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,handlersocket,))
diff --git a/utils/mariadb/conf/my.cnf b/utils/mariadb/conf/my.cnf
index ec2ade2c8..effa88a77 100644
--- a/utils/mariadb/conf/my.cnf
+++ b/utils/mariadb/conf/my.cnf
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [client]
 port		= 3306
-socket		= /var/run/mysqld.sock
+socket		= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 
 [mysqld]
-user		= root
-socket		= /var/run/mysqld.sock
+user		= mariadb
+socket		= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 port		= 3306
 basedir		= /usr
 
@@ -21,21 +21,21 @@ skip-external-locking
 bind-address		= 127.0.0.1
 
 # Fine Tuning
-key_buffer		= 16M
+key_buffer_size		= 16M
 max_allowed_packet	= 16M
 thread_stack		= 192K
-thread_cache_size       = 8
+thread_cache_size	= 8
 
 # Here you can see queries with especially long duration
 #log_slow_queries	= /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log
-#long_query_time = 2
+#long_query_time	= 2
 #log-queries-not-using-indexes
 
 # The following can be used as easy to replay backup logs or for replication.
 #server-id		= 1
-#log_bin			= /var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.log
+#log_bin		= /var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.log
 #expire_logs_days	= 10
-#max_binlog_size         = 100M
+#max_binlog_size	= 100M
 #binlog_do_db		= include_database_name
 #binlog_ignore_db	= include_database_name
 
diff --git a/utils/mariadb/conf/mysqld.default b/utils/mariadb/conf/mysqld.default
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe9c698ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/mariadb/conf/mysqld.default
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# The user and group that will run the MySQL server. The user mariadb is
+# automatically created by the mariadb-server package, hence that is the
+# default choice.
+
+#MY_USER=mariadb
+#MY_GROUP=mariadb
+
+# Additional arguments you want to pass to the MySQL server.
+
+#MY_ARGS=""
diff --git a/utils/mariadb/files/mysqld.init b/utils/mariadb/files/mysqld.init
index fcd08d61e..abc99fc7a 100644
--- a/utils/mariadb/files/mysqld.init
+++ b/utils/mariadb/files/mysqld.init
@@ -1,32 +1,53 @@
 #!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
-# Copyright (C) 2010-2011 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2018 OpenWrt.org
 
 START=95
 STOP=10
 
-SERVICE_DAEMONIZE=1
-SERVICE_WRITE_PID=1
-SERVICE_STOP_TIME=9
-PROG='/usr/bin/mysqld'
+USE_PROCD=1
 
-start() {
+#PROCD_DEBUG=1
+
+MYSQLD=mysqld
+
+DEFAULT=/etc/default/$MYSQLD
+LOGGER="/usr/bin/logger -p user.err -s -t $MYSQLD"
+PROG=/usr/bin/$MYSQLD
+
+unset MY_ARGS MY_GROUP MY_USER
+
+[ -f $DEFAULT ] && . $DEFAULT
+
+my_user="${MY_USER:-mariadb}"
+my_group="${MY_GROUP:-mariadb}"
+
+start_service() {
 	local conf='/etc/mysql/my.cnf'
 	local datadir="$( sed -nE "s/^\s*datadir\s*=\s*('([^']*)'|\x22([^\x22]*)\x22|(.*\S))\s*$/\2\3\4/p" "$conf" )"
 
 	[ -d "$datadir" ] || {
-		logger -s "[ERROR] datadir '$datadir' in '$conf' does not exist"
+		$LOGGER "datadir '$datadir' in '$conf' does not exist"
 		return 1
 	}
 
 	[ -f "$datadir/mysql/tables_priv.MYD" ] || {
-		logger -s "[ERROR] can not detect privileges table, you might need to"
-		logger -s "run 'mysql_install_db --force' to initialize the system tables"
+		$LOGGER "cannot detect privileges table, you might need to"
+		$LOGGER "run 'mysql_install_db --force' to initialize the system tables"
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	service_start "$PROG"
-}
+	mkdir -p /var/lib/mysql
+	chown "$my_user":"$my_group" /var/lib/mysql
 
-stop() {
-	service_stop "$PROG"
+	mkdir -p /var/run/mysqld
+	chown "$my_user":"$my_group" /var/run/mysqld
+
+	procd_open_instance
+
+	procd_set_param command $PROG $MY_ARGS
+	procd_set_param pidfile /var/run/mysqld.pid
+	# forward stderr to logd
+	procd_set_param stderr 1
+
+	procd_close_instance
 }