diff --git a/databases/.gitignore b/databases/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f17ea91c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+!mariadb/
+./
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/databases/mariadb/matrix.gradle b/databases/mariadb/matrix.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2200410ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/mariadb/matrix.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+jdbcDependency 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:1.1.7'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/databases/mariadb/resources/hibernate.properties b/databases/mariadb/resources/hibernate.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96c91ee4ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/databases/mariadb/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#
+# Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+#
+# License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+# See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+#
+
+hibernate.dialect =
+hibernate.connection.driver_class org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
+hibernate.connection.url jdbc:mariadb://localhost/hibernate_orm_test
+hibernate.connection.username hibernate_orm_test
+hibernate.connection.password hibernate_orm_test
+
+hibernate.connection.pool_size 5
+
+hibernate.show_sql false
+hibernate.format_sql true
+
+hibernate.max_fetch_depth 5
+
+hibernate.cache.region_prefix hibernate.test
+hibernate.cache.region.factory_class org.hibernate.testing.cache.CachingRegionFactory
+
+# NOTE: hibernate.jdbc.batch_versioned_data should be set to false when testing with Oracle
+hibernate.jdbc.batch_versioned_data true
+
+javax.persistence.validation.mode=NONE
+hibernate.service.allow_crawling=false
+hibernate.session.events.log=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/id/SequenceHiLoGeneratorNoIncrementTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/id/SequenceHiLoGeneratorNoIncrementTest.java
index e03a2f18e4..4b2d1b9b89 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/id/SequenceHiLoGeneratorNoIncrementTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/id/SequenceHiLoGeneratorNoIncrementTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl;
 import org.hibernate.jdbc.Work;
 import org.hibernate.type.StandardBasicTypes;
 
+import org.hibernate.testing.DialectChecks;
+import org.hibernate.testing.RequiresDialectFeature;
 import org.hibernate.testing.env.TestingDatabaseInfo;
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
 import org.hibernate.testing.boot.BasicTestingJdbcServiceImpl;
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
 @SuppressWarnings({ "deprecation" })
+@RequiresDialectFeature( DialectChecks.SupportsSequences.class )
 public class SequenceHiLoGeneratorNoIncrementTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 	private static final String TEST_SEQUENCE = "test_sequence";
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/id/SequenceHiLoGeneratorTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/id/SequenceHiLoGeneratorTest.java
index 27959167c0..dc85953a81 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/id/SequenceHiLoGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/id/SequenceHiLoGeneratorTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import org.hibernate.internal.SessionImpl;
 import org.hibernate.jdbc.Work;
 import org.hibernate.type.StandardBasicTypes;
 
+import org.hibernate.testing.DialectChecks;
+import org.hibernate.testing.RequiresDialectFeature;
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
 import org.hibernate.testing.boot.MetadataBuildingContextTestingImpl;
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
 @SuppressWarnings({ "deprecation" })
+@RequiresDialectFeature( DialectChecks.SupportsSequences.class )
 public class SequenceHiLoGeneratorTest extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 	private static final String TEST_SEQUENCE = "test_sequence";