diff --git a/driver/nativeapi/libmysql_static_proxy.cpp b/driver/nativeapi/libmysql_static_proxy.cpp

index 703c0f3..1569e55 100644

--- a/driver/nativeapi/libmysql_static_proxy.cpp

+++ b/driver/nativeapi/libmysql_static_proxy.cpp

@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ LibmysqlStaticProxy::options(MYSQL * mysql, enum mysql_option option, const void

 int

 LibmysqlStaticProxy::get_option(MYSQL * mysql, enum mysql_option option, const void *arg)

 {

-#if MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50703

+#if not defined MARIADB_BASE_VERSION && MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50703

   if (::mysql_get_option(mysql, option, arg)) {

     throw sql::InvalidArgumentException("Unsupported option provided to mysql_get_option()");

   } else {