diff --git a/mail/dspam/Makefile b/mail/dspam/Makefile
index b844013af447..5922d6e56ce6 100644
--- a/mail/dspam/Makefile
+++ b/mail/dspam/Makefile
@@ -470,6 +470,8 @@ post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s^%%PERL%%^${PERL}^" \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/tools/dspam_train.in \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/tools/dspam_notify.in
+	@${TEST} ${MYSQL_FLAVOUR} == mariadb && ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
+		's,&& defined(CR_ERROR_FIRST),,' ${WRKSRC}/configure || :
 
 pre-configure:
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MVIRT_USERS} && !( ${PORT_OPTIONS:MMYSQL} || \
diff --git a/mail/dspam/files/patch-src_mysql__drv.c b/mail/dspam/files/patch-src_mysql__drv.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a111ff821f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mail/dspam/files/patch-src_mysql__drv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- src/mysql_drv.c.orig	2012-04-11 18:48:33 UTC
++++ src/mysql_drv.c
+@@ -3461,7 +3461,11 @@ MYSQL *_mysql_drv_connect (DSPAM_CTX *CTX, const char 
+   snprintf(attrib, sizeof(attrib), "%sReconnect", prefix);
+   if (_ds_match_attribute(CTX->config->attributes, attrib, "true"))
+   {
++#  if MYSQL_VERSION_ID < 80000 || defined(MARIADB_VERSION_ID)
+       my_bool reconnect = 1;
++#  else
++      bool reconnect = 1;
++#  endif
+       mysql_options(dbh, MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT, &reconnect);
+   }
+ #endif