diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/3_1.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/3_1.nix
index c8bc4858f719..cac300cf15a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/3_1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/3_1.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { callPackage, ... } @ args:
 
 callPackage ./. (args // {
-  version = "3.1.2";
-  sha256 = "0pgz8m8d39mvj9wnjll6c83xvdl2h24273b3dkx0g5pxj7ga4shm";
+  version = "3.1.4";
+  sha256 = "05jkaq151a45rqpyh0vrn6xcpawayfxyzhwn1w32hk0fw3z746ks";
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/default.nix
index cb873f4d5a02..a57f29905692 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/connector-c/default.nix
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DWITH_EXTERNAL_ZLIB=ON"
     "-DMARIADB_UNIX_ADDR=/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock"
     "-DWITH_CURL=ON"
+    "-DWITH_EXTERNAL_ZLIB=ON"
+    "-DWITH_MYSQLCOMPAT=ON"
   ];
 
   # The cmake setup-hook uses $out/lib by default, this is not the case here.
@@ -39,10 +40,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ln -sv mariadb_config $out/bin/mysql_config
     ln -sv mariadb $out/lib/mysql
     ln -sv mariadb $out/include/mysql
-    ln -sv libmariadbclient.a $out/lib/mariadb/libmysqlclient.a
-    ln -sv libmariadbclient.a $out/lib/mariadb/libmysqlclient_r.a
-    ln -sv libmariadb.so $out/lib/mariadb/libmysqlclient.so
-    ln -sv libmariadb.so $out/lib/mariadb/libmysqlclient_r.so
   '';
 
   meta = {