diff --git a/package/mariadb/Config.in b/package/mariadb/Config.in
index 503f884c62..b4c276a72f 100644
--- a/package/mariadb/Config.in
+++ b/package/mariadb/Config.in
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MARIADB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_DES if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RMD160 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2
+	# HAVE_SYSTEM_LIBFMT cmake < 3.30 check TRY_RUN issue
+	select BR2_HOST_CMAKE_AT_LEAST_3_30
 	help
 	  MariaDB is one of the most popular database servers in the
 	  world.  It's made by the original developers of MySQL and