1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/__init__.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/__init__.py
index 86f567eb5..4a79608d9 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ __all__ = (
     "sybase",
 )
 
+
 from .. import util
 
 
@@ -44,6 +45,15 @@ def _auto_fn(name):
             except ImportError:
                 module = __import__("sqlalchemy.dialects.sybase").dialects
                 module = getattr(module, dialect)
+        elif dialect == "mariadb":
+            # it's "OK" for us to hardcode here since _auto_fn is already
+            # hardcoded.   if mysql / mariadb etc were third party dialects
+            # they would just publish all the entrypoints, which would actually
+            # look much nicer.
+            module = __import__(
+                "sqlalchemy.dialects.mysql.mariadb"
+            ).dialects.mysql.mariadb
+            return module.loader(driver)
         else:
             module = __import__("sqlalchemy.dialects.%s" % (dialect,)).dialects
             module = getattr(module, dialect)