diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/General.pm b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/General.pm
index 94f97a32b..ecc33912c 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/General.pm
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/General.pm
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ our @ISA = qw(Exporter ZoneMinder::Base);
 our %EXPORT_TAGS = (
     functions => [ qw(
       executeShellCommand
+      findDbCommand
       getCmdFormat
       runCommand
       setFileOwner
@@ -71,6 +72,34 @@ sub executeShellCommand {
   return $status;
 }
 
+# Map legacy MySQL command names to MariaDB-native equivalents.
+# MariaDB is deprecating the mysql-prefixed names in favour of its own.
+my %DB_COMMAND_MAP = (
+  'mysql'     => 'mariadb',
+  'mysqldump' => 'mariadb-dump',
+);
+my %_db_command_cache;
+
+sub findDbCommand {
+  my $legacy_name = shift;
+  return $_db_command_cache{$legacy_name} if exists $_db_command_cache{$legacy_name};
+
+  my $maria_name = $DB_COMMAND_MAP{$legacy_name};
+  if ($maria_name) {
+    my $path = qx(command -v $maria_name 2>/dev/null);
+    chomp($path);
+    if ($path) {
+      Debug("Using '$maria_name' for database command '$legacy_name'");
+      $_db_command_cache{$legacy_name} = $maria_name;
+      return $maria_name;
+    }
+  }
+
+  Debug("Using legacy '$legacy_name' for database command");
+  $_db_command_cache{$legacy_name} = $legacy_name;
+  return $legacy_name;
+}
+
 sub getCmdFormat {
   Debug('Testing valid shell syntax');
 
@@ -663,6 +692,7 @@ of the ZoneMinder scripts
 
     functions => [ qw(
       executeShellCommand
+      findDbCommand
       getCmdFormat
       runCommand
       setFileOwner
@@ -674,7 +704,7 @@ of the ZoneMinder scripts
       packageControl
       daemonControl
       systemStatus
-       parseNameEqualsValueToHash
+      parseNameEqualsValueToHash
       hash_diff
       ) ]
 
diff --git a/scripts/zmcamtool.pl.in b/scripts/zmcamtool.pl.in
index 4f195f4a4..a733378b4 100644
--- a/scripts/zmcamtool.pl.in
+++ b/scripts/zmcamtool.pl.in
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ use bytes;
 @EXTRA_PERL_LIB@
 use ZoneMinder::Config qw(:all);
 use ZoneMinder::Logger qw(:all);
+use ZoneMinder::General qw(:all);
 use ZoneMinder::Database qw(:all);
 use DBI;
 use Getopt::Long;
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ sub importsql {
 sub exportsql {
 
   my ( $host, $port ) = ( $Config{ZM_DB_HOST} =~ /^([^:]+)(?::(.+))?$/ );
-  my $command = 'mysqldump -t --skip-opt --compact -h'.$host;
+  my $command = findDbCommand('mysqldump').' -t --skip-opt --compact -h'.$host;
   $command .= ' -P'.$port if defined($port);
   if ( $dbUser ) {
     $command .= ' -u\''.$dbUser.'\'';
diff --git a/scripts/zmupdate.pl.in b/scripts/zmupdate.pl.in
index 86f416928..b90705707 100644
--- a/scripts/zmupdate.pl.in
+++ b/scripts/zmupdate.pl.in
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ if ( $version ) {
 
     if ( $response =~ /^[yY]$/ ) {
       my ( $host, $portOrSocket ) = ( $Config{ZM_DB_HOST} =~ /^([^:]+)(?::(.+))?$/ );
-      my $command = 'mysqldump';
+      my $command = findDbCommand('mysqldump');
       if ($super) {
         $command .= ' --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf';
       } elsif ($dbUser) {
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ sub patchDB {
   my $version = shift;
 
   my ( $host, $portOrSocket ) = ( $Config{ZM_DB_HOST} =~ /^([^:]+)(?::(.+))?$/ ) if $Config{ZM_DB_HOST};
-  my $command = 'mysql';
+  my $command = findDbCommand('mysql');
   if ($super) {
     $command .= ' --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf';
   } elsif ($dbUser) {