diff --git a/packages/mariadb/build.sh b/packages/mariadb/build.sh
index 07f07bdcb..c5adfd007 100644
--- a/packages/mariadb/build.sh
+++ b/packages/mariadb/build.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://mariadb.org
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="A drop-in replacement for mysql server"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="Vishal Biswas @vishalbiswas"
-
-## Newer versions fail with "Illegal instruction" error on ARM.
-_VERSION=10.4.6
+_VERSION=10.4.12
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2:${_VERSION}
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/archive.mariadb.org/mariadb-${_VERSION}/source/mariadb-${_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=a270fe6169a1aaf6f2cbbc945de2c954d818c48e1a0fc02fbed92ecb94678e70
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=fef1e1d38aa253dd8a51006bd15aad184912fce31c446bb69434fcde735aa208
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libc++, libiconv, liblzma, ncurses, libedit, openssl, pcre, libcrypt, libandroid-support, libandroid-glob, zlib"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="mariadb-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="mariadb-dev"
@@ -30,6 +28,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 -DMYSQL_DATADIR=$TERMUX_PREFIX/var/lib/mysql
 -DPLUGIN_AUTH_GSSAPI_CLIENT=OFF
 -DPLUGIN_AUTH_GSSAPI=NO
+-DPLUGIN_AUTH_PAM=NO
 -DPLUGIN_CONNECT=NO
 -DPLUGIN_DAEMON_EXAMPLE=NO
 -DPLUGIN_EXAMPLE=NO
@@ -60,6 +59,11 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD=true
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="mysql"
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="bin/mysqltest*"
 
+# i686 build fails due to:
+#  /home/builder/.termux-build/mariadb/src/include/my_pthread.h:822:10: error: use of undeclared identifier 'my_atomic_add32'
+#    (void) my_atomic_add32_explicit(value, 1, MY_MEMORY_ORDER_RELAXED);
+TERMUX_PKG_BLACKLISTED_ARCHES="i686"
+
 termux_step_host_build() {
 	termux_setup_cmake
 	cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" \
diff --git a/packages/mariadb/cmake-build_configurations-mysql_release.cmake.patch b/packages/mariadb/cmake-build_configurations-mysql_release.cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..103996a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mariadb/cmake-build_configurations-mysql_release.cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -u -r ../mariadb-10.4.12/cmake/build_configurations/mysql_release.cmake ./cmake/build_configurations/mysql_release.cmake
+--- ../mariadb-10.4.12/cmake/build_configurations/mysql_release.cmake	2020-01-26 20:43:49.000000000 +0000
++++ ./cmake/build_configurations/mysql_release.cmake	2020-02-15 23:22:03.546831000 +0000
+@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
+ 
+ IF(UNIX)
+   SET(WITH_EXTRA_CHARSETS all CACHE STRING "")
+-  SET(PLUGIN_AUTH_PAM YES)
++  SET(PLUGIN_AUTH_PAM NO)
+ 
+   IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+     IF(NOT IGNORE_AIO_CHECK)
diff --git a/packages/mariadb/my_rdtsc.h.patch b/packages/mariadb/my_rdtsc.h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9161e4b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mariadb/my_rdtsc.h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- include/my_rdtsc.h.orig	2020-02-17 00:55:47.642830626 +0000
++++ ./include/my_rdtsc.h	2020-02-17 00:56:16.083322798 +0000
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+ # ifndef __has_builtin
+ #  define __has_builtin(x) 0 /* Compatibility with non-clang compilers */
+ # endif
+-# if __has_builtin(__builtin_readcyclecounter)
++# if __has_builtin(__builtin_readcyclecounter) && !defined(__arm__)
+ # elif defined _WIN32
+ #  include <intrin.h>
+ # elif defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__
+@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
+ */
+ static inline ulonglong my_timer_cycles(void)
+ {
+-# if __has_builtin(__builtin_readcyclecounter)
++# if __has_builtin(__builtin_readcyclecounter) && !defined(__arm__)
+   return __builtin_readcyclecounter();
+ # elif defined _WIN32 || defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__
+   return __rdtsc();
diff --git a/packages/mariadb/scripts-mysql_install_db.sh.patch b/packages/mariadb/scripts-mysql_install_db.sh.patch
index 912cbb04b..14160f618 100644
--- a/packages/mariadb/scripts-mysql_install_db.sh.patch
+++ b/packages/mariadb/scripts-mysql_install_db.sh.patch
@@ -1,36 +1,7 @@
-diff -uNr mariadb-10.4.6/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh mariadb-10.4.6.mod/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh
---- mariadb-10.4.6/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh	2019-06-18 01:00:32.000000000 +0300
-+++ mariadb-10.4.6.mod/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh	2019-08-04 21:52:11.299044998 +0300
-@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
- #!/bin/sh
- # Copyright (c) 2000, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
- # Copyright (c) 2009, 2013, Monty Program Ab
--# 
-+#
- # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- # the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
--# 
-+#
- # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- # GNU General Public License for more details.
--# 
-+#
- # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1335  USA
-@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
-   --force              Causes mysql_install_db to run even if DNS does not
-                        work.  In that case, grant table entries that
-                        normally use hostnames will use IP addresses.
--  --help               Display this help and exit.                     
-+  --help               Display this help and exit.
-   --ldata=path         The path to the MariaDB data directory. Same as
-                        --datadir.
-   --no-defaults        Don't read default options from any option file.
-@@ -453,37 +453,10 @@
+diff -u -r ../mariadb-10.4.12/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh ./scripts/mysql_install_db.sh
+--- ../mariadb-10.4.12/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh	2020-01-26 20:43:53.000000000 +0000
++++ ./scripts/mysql_install_db.sh	2020-02-15 23:19:05.141979000 +0000
+@@ -466,42 +466,8 @@
      fi
      chmod 700 "$dir"
    fi
@@ -46,25 +17,30 @@ diff -uNr mariadb-10.4.6/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh mariadb-10.4.6.mod/scripts/
 -  fi
  done
  
- if test -n "$user"
- then
--  chown $user "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir"
--  if test $? -ne 0
+-if test -n "$user"
+-then
+-  if test -z "$srcdir" -a "$in_rpm" -eq 0
 -  then
--      echo "Cannot change ownership of the '$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir' directory"
--      echo " to the '$user' user. Check that you have the necessary permissions and try again."
--      exit 1
--  fi
--  if test -z "$srcdir"
--  then
--    chown 0 "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool"
+-    chown 0 "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool" && \
+-    chmod 04755 "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool"
 -    if test $? -ne 0
 -    then
 -        echo "Couldn't set an owner to '$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir/auth_pam_tool'."
--        echo " It must be root, the PAM authentication plugin doesn't work otherwise.."
+-        echo "It must be root, the PAM authentication plugin doesn't work otherwise.."
+-        echo
+-    fi
+-    chown $user "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir" && \
+-    chmod 0700 "$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir"
+-    if test $? -ne 0
+-    then
+-        echo "Cannot change ownership of the '$pamtooldir/auth_pam_tool_dir' directory"
+-        echo "to the '$user' user. Check that you have the necessary permissions and try again."
 -        echo
 -    fi
 -  fi
-   args="$args --user=$user"
- fi
- 
+-  args="$args --user=$user"
+-fi
+-
+ if test -f "$ldata/mysql/user.frm"
+ then
+     echo "mysql.user table already exists!"