@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ MYSQL_DRIVER=${MYSQL_DRIVER:-PyMySQL}

 register_database mysql

 MYSQL_SERVICE_NAME=mysql

-if is_suse || is_fedora && ! is_oraclelinux; then

+if is_fedora && ! is_oraclelinux; then

+    MYSQL_SERVICE_NAME=mariadb

+elif is_suse && systemctl list-unit-files | grep -q 'mariadb\.service'; then

+    # Older mariadb packages on SLES 12 provided mysql.service.  The

+    # newer ones on SLES 12 and 15 use mariadb.service; they also

+    # provide a mysql.service symlink for backwards-compatibility, but

+    # let's not rely on that.

     MYSQL_SERVICE_NAME=mariadb

 fi