diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-test-plugins.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-test-plugins.yml
index da79c04..a1128c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test-plugins.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test-plugins.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ jobs:
         mysql:
           - 5.7.31
           - 8.0.22
+        mariadb:
+          - 10.2.37
+          - 10.5.9
+        test_mariadb:
+          - True
+          - False
         ansible:
           - stable-2.9
           - stable-2.10
@@ -68,9 +74,18 @@ jobs:
           - pymysql==0.7.10
           - pymysql==0.9.3
           - mysqlclient==2.0.1
+          - mysqlclient==1.2.5
         exclude:
           - mysql: 8.0.22
             connector: pymysql==0.7.10
+          - mysql: 5.7.31
+            test_mariadb: True
+          - mysql: 8.0.22
+            test_mariadb: True
+          - mariadb: 10.2.37
+            test_mariadb: False
+          - mariadb: 10.5.9
+            test_mariadb: False
     steps:
 
       - name: Check out code
@@ -89,6 +104,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set MySQL version (${{ matrix.mysql }})
         run: "sed -i 's/^mysql_version:.*/mysql_version: \"${{ matrix.mysql }}\"/g' ${{ env.mysql_version_file }}"
 
+      - name: Set MariaDB version (${{ matrix.mariadb }})
+        run: "sed -i 's/^mariadb_version:.*/mariadb_version: \"${{ matrix.mariadb }}\"/g' ${{ env.mysql_version_file }}"
+
+      - name: Set MariaDB install flag (${{ matrix.test_mariadb }})
+        run: "sed -i 's/^mariadb_install:.*/mariadb_install: \"${{ matrix.test_mariadb }}\"/g' ${{ env.mysql_version_file }}"
+
       - name: Set Connector version (${{ matrix.connector }})
         run: "sed -i 's/^python_packages:.*/python_packages: [${{ matrix.connector }}]/' ${{ env.connector_version_file }}"