diff -aurN a/driver/mysql_connection.cpp b/driver/mysql_connection.cpp
--- a/driver/mysql_connection.cpp	2016-12-14 04:58:54.000000000 -0500
+++ b/driver/mysql_connection.cpp	2017-01-26 16:33:58.086005627 -0500
@@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@
     proxy->get_character_set_info(&cs);
     *(static_cast<int *>(optionValue)) = cs.mbmaxlen;
   /* mysql_get_option() was added in mysql 5.7.3 version */
+#if !defined( MARIADB_BASE_VERSION ) && !defined ( MARIADB_VERSION_ID )
   } else if ( proxy->get_server_version() >= 50703 ) {
     try {
       if (GET_CONN_OPTION(optionName, optionValue, intOptions)) {
@@ -1036,6 +1037,7 @@
       CPP_ERR_FMT("Unsupported option : %d:(%s) %s", proxy->errNo(), proxy->sqlstate().c_str(), proxy->error().c_str());
       throw e;
     }
+#endif
   }
 }
 /* }}} */
@@ -1053,11 +1055,13 @@
     MY_CHARSET_INFO cs;
     proxy->get_character_set_info(&cs);
     return cs.dir ? sql::SQLString(cs.dir) : "";
+#if !defined( MARIADB_BASE_VERSION ) && !defined ( MARIADB_VERSION_ID )
   } else if ( proxy->get_server_version() >= 50703 ) {
     const char* optionValue= NULL;
     if (GET_CONN_OPTION(optionName, &optionValue, stringOptions)) {
       return optionValue ? sql::SQLString(optionValue) : "";
     }
+#endif
   }
   return "";
 }
diff -aurN a/driver/nativeapi/libmysql_static_proxy.cpp b/driver/nativeapi/libmysql_static_proxy.cpp
--- a/driver/nativeapi/libmysql_static_proxy.cpp	2017-01-26 16:35:46.256038741 -0500
+++ b/driver/nativeapi/libmysql_static_proxy.cpp	2017-01-26 16:28:34.114915809 -0500
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 int
 LibmysqlStaticProxy::get_option(MYSQL * mysql, enum mysql_option option, const void *arg)
 {
-#if MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50703
+#if MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50703 && !defined( MARIADB_BASE_VERSION ) && !defined ( MARIADB_VERSION_ID )
 	if (::mysql_get_option(mysql, option, arg)) {
 		throw sql::InvalidArgumentException("Unsupported option provided to mysql_get_option()");
 	} else {