diff --git a/databases/libgda5-mysql/Makefile b/databases/libgda5-mysql/Makefile
index 7e8342d2d1ed..17ce8d84a729 100644
--- a/databases/libgda5-mysql/Makefile
+++ b/databases/libgda5-mysql/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	databases gnome
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	5-mysql
 
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Provides mysql backend for the libgda5 library
 
 MASTERDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../libgda5
 BUILD_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/providers/mysql/
 INSTALL_WRKSRC=	${BUILD_WRKSRC}
 PLIST=		${.CURDIR}/pkg-plist
-
+MYSQL_VARS=	IGNORE_WITH_MYSQL="84"
 LIBGDA5_SLAVE=	mysql
 
 .include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"