diff --git a/extra/mariadb/PKGBUILD b/extra/mariadb/PKGBUILD
index 54169ce29..f82d6ee86 100644
--- a/extra/mariadb/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/mariadb/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 pkgbase=mariadb
 pkgname=('libmariadbclient' 'mariadb-clients' 'mytop' 'mariadb')
-pkgver=10.0.16
+pkgver=10.0.17
 _pkgver=${pkgver/.a/a}
 pkgrel=1
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ source=(https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/mariadb-$pkgver/source/mariad
         mariadb.service
         mariadb-post.sh
         mariadb-tmpfile.conf)
-md5sums=('7b1a197ea5d4027833a3a2ed26fc4cae'
+md5sums=('3101d1e79c1b04699cde10780f959625'
          'd488fffa9f62f9949c4aa1bb6e6db692'
          'b79e65a5aa536e6b5bc60988eb0b78a2'
          '2fa6e456964d4ff5e6d4f9ff0126aed6')
diff --git a/extra/mariadb/mariadb.install b/extra/mariadb/mariadb.install
index 595bc4c4d..8b12932f3 100644
--- a/extra/mariadb/mariadb.install
+++ b/extra/mariadb/mariadb.install
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
-if [[ $(command -v my_print_defaults >/dev/null 2>&1) ]]; then
-  datadir=$(my_print_defaults mysqld | sed -n "s/^--datadir=//p")
-fi
-[[ -z $datadir ]] && datadir=/var/lib/mysql
-
 post_install(){
   groupadd -g 89 mysql &>/dev/null
-  useradd -u 89 -g mysql -d $datadir -s /bin/false mysql &>/dev/null
+  useradd -u 89 -g mysql -d /var/lib/mysql -s /bin/false mysql &>/dev/null
 
   if [[ ! -e $datadir ]]; then
-    install -dm700 $datadir
-    usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=$datadir
+    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"
+
   usr/bin/systemd-tmpfiles --create mysql.conf
 }