diff --git a/utils/mariadb-common/Makefile b/utils/mariadb-common/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce87718d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/mariadb-common/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2019 Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml@gmx.net>
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=mariadb-common
+PKG_VERSION:=1.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml@gmx.net>
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
+
+CONF_DIR:=/etc/mysql
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/mariadb-common
+  SECTION:=utils
+  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+  URL:=https://mariadb.org/
+  SUBMENU:=Database
+  TITLE:=MariaDB database common files
+  DEPENDS:=
+endef
+
+define Package/mariadb-common/conffiles
+$(CONF_DIR)/my.cnf
+endef
+
+define Package/mariadb-common/description
+MariaDB is a very fast and robust SQL database server.
+
+This package includes shared files, for example $(CONF_DIR)/my.cnf.
+
+endef
+
+define Package/mariadb-common/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)$(CONF_DIR)
+	$(INSTALL_CONF) conf/my.cnf $(1)$(CONF_DIR)
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,mariadb-common))
diff --git a/utils/mariadb/conf/my.cnf b/utils/mariadb-common/conf/my.cnf
similarity index 100%
rename from utils/mariadb/conf/my.cnf
rename to utils/mariadb-common/conf/my.cnf
diff --git a/utils/mariadb/Makefile b/utils/mariadb/Makefile
index 202c9363f..9c8b0eedc 100644
--- a/utils/mariadb/Makefile
+++ b/utils/mariadb/Makefile
@@ -298,23 +298,6 @@ $(subst $(space),$(newline),$(MARIADB_CLIENT_EXTRA))
 
 endef
 
-define Package/mariadb-common
-  $(call Package/mariadb/Default)
-  TITLE:=MariaDB database common files
-  DEPENDS:=
-endef
-
-define Package/mariadb-common/conffiles
-$(CONF_DIR)/my.cnf
-endef
-
-define Package/mariadb-common/description
-$(call Package/mariadb/description/Default)
-
-This package includes shared files, for example $(CONF_DIR)/my.cnf.
-
-endef
-
 define Package/mariadb-server
   $(call Package/mariadb/Default)
   DEPENDS:=mariadb-server-base
@@ -559,11 +542,6 @@ define Package/mariadb-client-extra/install
 	$(foreach b,$(MARIADB_CLIENT_EXTRA),$(call Package/mariadb/install/bin,$(1),$(b));)
 endef
 
-define Package/mariadb-common/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)$(CONF_DIR)
-	$(INSTALL_CONF) conf/my.cnf $(1)$(CONF_DIR)
-endef
-
 define Package/mariadb-server/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(foreach b,$(MARIADB_SERVER),$(call Package/mariadb/install/bin,$(1),$(b));)
@@ -622,7 +600,6 @@ $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libmariadb))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,mariadb-client))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,mariadb-client-base))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,mariadb-client-extra))
-$(eval $(call BuildPackage,mariadb-common))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,mariadb-server))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,mariadb-server-base))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,mariadb-server-extra))