diff --git a/extra/mariadb/PKGBUILD b/extra/mariadb/PKGBUILD
index 1f60bc9e1..8e15cdda1 100644
--- a/extra/mariadb/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/mariadb/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,18 +6,19 @@
 
 pkgbase=mariadb
 pkgname=('libmariadbclient' 'mariadb-clients' 'mytop' 'mariadb')
-pkgver=10.0.17
+pkgver=10.0.18
 _pkgver=${pkgver/.a/a}
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=1
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 license=('GPL')
 url='http://mariadb.org/'
-makedepends=('cmake' 'openssl' 'zlib' 'libaio' 'libxml2' 'openssl' 'pcre' 'jemalloc')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'openssl' 'zlib' 'libaio' 'libxml2' 'openssl' 'pcre'
+             'jemalloc' 'lz4')
 source=(https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/mariadb-$pkgver/source/mariadb-$pkgver.tar.gz
         mariadb.service
         mariadb-post.sh
         mariadb-tmpfile.conf)
-md5sums=('3101d1e79c1b04699cde10780f959625'
+md5sums=('eab4f9303883d33558c0059af9e30aa4'
          'd488fffa9f62f9949c4aa1bb6e6db692'
          'b79e65a5aa536e6b5bc60988eb0b78a2'
          '2fa6e456964d4ff5e6d4f9ff0126aed6')
@@ -130,7 +131,8 @@ package_mariadb() {
   pkgdesc='Fast SQL database server, drop-in replacement for MySQL'
   backup=('etc/mysql/my.cnf')
   install=mariadb.install
-  depends=('mariadb-clients' 'inetutils' 'libaio' 'libxml2' 'pcre' 'jemalloc')
+  depends=('mariadb-clients' 'inetutils' 'libaio' 'libxml2' 'pcre' 'jemalloc'
+           'lz4')
   optdepends=('perl-dbd-mysql: for mysqlhotcopy, mysql_convert_table_format and mysql_setpermission')
   conflicts=('mysql')
   provides=("mysql=$pkgver")
@@ -144,6 +146,9 @@ package_mariadb() {
   install -Dm644 ../mariadb.service "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service
   install -Dm644 ../mariadb-tmpfile.conf "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mysql.conf
 
+  install -dm700 var/lib/mysql
+  chown -R 89:89 var/lib/mysql &>/dev/null
+
   # provided by libmariadbclient
   cd "$pkgdir"
   rm usr/bin/{mysql_config,mysql_client_test_embedded,mysqltest_embedded}
diff --git a/extra/mariadb/mariadb.install b/extra/mariadb/mariadb.install
index 25799e623..64f95f0b9 100644
--- a/extra/mariadb/mariadb.install
+++ b/extra/mariadb/mariadb.install
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ post_install(){
   groupadd -g 89 mysql &>/dev/null
   useradd -u 89 -g mysql -d /var/lib/mysql -s /bin/false mysql &>/dev/null
 
-  if [[ ! -e var/lib/mysql ]]; then
-    install -dm700 var/lib/mysql
-    chown -R mysql:mysql var/lib/mysql &>/dev/null
-  fi
-
   echo ":: You need to initialize the MariaDB data directory prior to starting"
   echo "   the service. This can be done with mysql_install_db command, e.g.:"
   echo "   mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql"
@@ -36,13 +31,3 @@ post_upgrade(){
     echo "   running mysql_upgrade afterwards."
   fi
 }
-
-post_remove(){
-  if getent passwd mysql >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    userdel mysql
-  fi
-
-  if getent group mysql >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    groupdel mysql
-  fi
-}