diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ dockerfiles
 - [x] jenkins-arm :beetle:
 - [x] joomla
 - [x] mantisbt
+- [x] mariadb
 - [x] monit
 - [x] moodle :beetle:
 - [x] mosquitto
diff --git a/mariadb/Dockerfile b/mariadb/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c7e46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mariadb/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# Dockerfile for mariadb
+#
+
+FROM alpine
+MAINTAINER kev <noreplay@datageek.info>
+
+RUN set -xe \
+    && apk add -U bash \
+                  mariadb \
+                  mariadb-client \
+                  tzdata \
+    && mkdir -p /run/mysqld \
+    && chown mysql:mysql /run/mysqld \
+    && sed -Ei -e 's/^(bind-address|log)/#&/' \
+               -e 's/^\[mysqld\]$/&\nskip-host-cache\nskip-name-resolve\nuser=mysql/' /etc/mysql/my.cnf \
+    && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
+
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /
+
+VOLUME /var/lib/mysql
+ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+EXPOSE 3306
+CMD ["mysqld"]
diff --git a/mariadb/docker-compose.yml b/mariadb/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a287116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mariadb/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+mariadb:
+  image: vimagick/mariadb
+  ports:
+    - "3306:3306"
+  environment:
+    - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
+    - MYSQL_DATABASE=wordpress
diff --git a/mariadb/docker-entrypoint.sh b/mariadb/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b42f45a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mariadb/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eo pipefail
+
+# if command starts with an option, prepend mysqld
+if [ "${1:0:1}" = '-' ]; then
+	set -- mysqld "$@"
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = 'mysqld' ]; then
+	# Get config
+	DATADIR="$("$@" --verbose --help --log-bin-index=`mktemp -u` 2>/dev/null | awk '$1 == "datadir" { print $2; exit }')"
+
+	if [ ! -d "$DATADIR/mysql" ]; then
+		if [ -z "$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" -a -z "$MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD" -a -z "$MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
+			echo >&2 'error: database is uninitialized and password option is not specified '
+			echo >&2 '  You need to specify one of MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD, MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD and MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD'
+			exit 1
+		fi
+
+		mkdir -p "$DATADIR"
+		chown -R mysql:mysql "$DATADIR"
+
+		echo 'Initializing database'
+		mysql_install_db --user=mysql --datadir="$DATADIR" --rpm
+		echo 'Database initialized'
+
+		"$@" --skip-networking &
+		pid="$!"
+
+		mysql=( mysql --protocol=socket -uroot )
+
+		for i in {30..0}; do
+			if echo 'SELECT 1' | "${mysql[@]}" &> /dev/null; then
+				break
+			fi
+			echo 'MySQL init process in progress...'
+			sleep 1
+		done
+		if [ "$i" = 0 ]; then
+			echo >&2 'MySQL init process failed.'
+			exit 1
+		fi
+
+		if [ -z "$MYSQL_INITDB_SKIP_TZINFO" ]; then
+			# sed is for https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=20545
+			mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | sed 's/Local time zone must be set--see zic manual page/FCTY/' | "${mysql[@]}" mysql
+		fi
+
+		if [ ! -z "$MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
+			MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="$(pwgen -1 32)"
+			echo "GENERATED ROOT PASSWORD: $MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD"
+		fi
+		"${mysql[@]}" <<-EOSQL
+			-- What's done in this file shouldn't be replicated
+			--  or products like mysql-fabric won't work
+			SET @@SESSION.SQL_LOG_BIN=0;
+
+			DELETE FROM mysql.user ;
+			CREATE USER 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}' ;
+			GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'root'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION ;
+			DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS test ;
+			FLUSH PRIVILEGES ;
+		EOSQL
+
+		if [ ! -z "$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
+			mysql+=( -p"${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}" )
+		fi
+
+		if [ "$MYSQL_DATABASE" ]; then
+			echo "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS \`$MYSQL_DATABASE\` ;" | "${mysql[@]}"
+			mysql+=( "$MYSQL_DATABASE" )
+		fi
+
+		if [ "$MYSQL_USER" -a "$MYSQL_PASSWORD" ]; then
+			echo "CREATE USER '$MYSQL_USER'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '$MYSQL_PASSWORD' ;" | "${mysql[@]}"
+
+			if [ "$MYSQL_DATABASE" ]; then
+				echo "GRANT ALL ON \`$MYSQL_DATABASE\`.* TO '$MYSQL_USER'@'%' ;" | "${mysql[@]}"
+			fi
+
+			echo 'FLUSH PRIVILEGES ;' | "${mysql[@]}"
+		fi
+
+		echo
+		for f in /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/*; do
+			case "$f" in
+				*.sh)     echo "$0: running $f"; . "$f" ;;
+				*.sql)    echo "$0: running $f"; "${mysql[@]}" < "$f"; echo ;;
+				*.sql.gz) echo "$0: running $f"; gunzip -c "$f" | "${mysql[@]}"; echo ;;
+				*)        echo "$0: ignoring $f" ;;
+			esac
+			echo
+		done
+
+		if ! kill -s TERM "$pid" || ! wait "$pid"; then
+			echo >&2 'MySQL init process failed.'
+			exit 1
+		fi
+
+		echo
+		echo 'MySQL init process done. Ready for start up.'
+		echo
+	fi
+
+	chown -R mysql:mysql "$DATADIR"
+fi
+
+exec "$@"