diff --git a/fedora-live-kde-base.ks b/fedora-live-kde-base.ks
index 2f9983c..97b25a3 100644
--- a/fedora-live-kde-base.ks
+++ b/fedora-live-kde-base.ks
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 # use kde-print-manager instead of system-config-printer
 -system-config-printer
+# make sure mariadb lands instead of MySQL (hopefully a temporary hack)
+-MySQL*
 
 %end