diff --git a/lang/php7/Makefile b/lang/php7/Makefile
index 93348543b..9bcfbbe81 100644
--- a/lang/php7/Makefile
+++ b/lang/php7/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PHP7_MODULES = \
 	iconv imap intl \
 	json \
 	ldap \
-	mbstring mysqli \
+	mbstring mysqli mysqlnd \
 	opcache openssl \
 	pcntl pdo pdo-mysql pdo-pgsql pdo-sqlite pgsql phar \
 	session shmop simplexml snmp soap sockets sqlite3 sysvmsg sysvsem sysvshm \
@@ -292,11 +292,17 @@ else
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(SDK)$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_php7-mod-mysqli),)
-  CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-mysqli=shared,"$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/mysql_config"
+  CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-mysqli=shared
 else
   CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --without-mysqli
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(SDK)$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_php7-mod-mysqlnd),)
+  CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --enable-mysqlnd=shared
+else
+  CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --disable-mysqlnd
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(SDK)$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_php7-mod-opcache),)
   CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --enable-opcache=shared
 else
@@ -321,7 +327,7 @@ endif
 ifneq ($(SDK)$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_php7-mod-pdo),)
   CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --enable-pdo=shared
   ifneq ($(SDK)$(CONFIG_PACKAGE_php7-mod-pdo-mysql),)
-    CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-pdo-mysql=shared,"$(STAGING_DIR)/usr"
+    CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --with-pdo-mysql=shared
   else
     CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --without-pdo-mysql
   endif
@@ -601,12 +607,13 @@ $(eval $(call BuildModule,intl,Internationalization Functions,+PACKAGE_php7-mod-
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,json,JSON))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,ldap,LDAP,+PACKAGE_php7-mod-ldap:libopenldap +PACKAGE_php7-mod-ldap:libsasl2))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,mbstring,MBString))
-$(eval $(call BuildModule,mysqli,MySQL Improved Extension,+PACKAGE_php7-mod-mysqli:libmariadbclient))
+$(eval $(call BuildModule,mysqli,MySQL Improved Extension,+PACKAGE_php7-mod-mysqli:php7-mod-mysqlnd))
+$(eval $(call BuildModule,mysqlnd,MySQL Native Driver))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,opcache,OPcache,,,zend))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,openssl,OpenSSL,+PACKAGE_php7-mod-openssl:libopenssl))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,pcntl,PCNTL))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,pdo,PHP Data Objects))
-$(eval $(call BuildModule,pdo-mysql,PDO driver for MySQL,+php7-mod-pdo +PACKAGE_php7-mod-pdo-mysql:libmariadbclient))
+$(eval $(call BuildModule,pdo-mysql,PDO driver for MySQL,+php7-mod-pdo +PACKAGE_php7-mod-pdo-mysql:php7-mod-mysqlnd))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,pdo-pgsql,PDO driver for PostgreSQL,+php7-mod-pdo +PACKAGE_php7-mod-pdo-pgsql:libpq))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,pdo-sqlite,PDO driver for SQLite 3.x,+php7-mod-pdo +PACKAGE_php7-mod-pdo-sqlite:libsqlite3 +PACKAGE_php7-mod-pdo-sqlite:librt))
 $(eval $(call BuildModule,pgsql,PostgreSQL,+PACKAGE_php7-mod-pgsql:libpq))