diff --git a/srcpkgs/mariadb/template b/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
index 608f3b02f61..931d370a14e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mariadb/template
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ configure_args="-DBUILD_CONFIG=mysql_release
  -DPLUGIN_PARTITION=YES -DWITH_EXTRA_CHARSETS=complex -DWITH_LIBWRAP=OFF
  -DWITH_READLINE=ON -DWITH_SYSTEMD=no -DWITH_PCRE=system"
 hostmakedepends="bison perl flex pkg-config"
-makedepends="ncurses-devel gnutls-devel libaio-devel boost-devel pam-devel zlib-devel
+makedepends="ncurses-devel gnutls-devel libaio-devel boost-devel-minimal pam-devel zlib-devel
  pcre2-devel fmt-devel"
 depends="perl"
 checkdepends="perl"
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ system_accounts="mysql"
 mysql_homedir="/var/lib/mysql"
 make_dirs="/var/lib/mysql 0700 mysql mysql
  /usr/lib/mysql/plugin/auth_pam_tool_dir 0700 mysql root"
-CFLAGS="-UNDEBUG"
-CXXFLAGS="-UNDEBUG"
+CFLAGS="-UNDEBUG -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
+CXXFLAGS="-UNDEBUG -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "glibc" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libxcrypt-devel"