diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 35680e008c..dc52d69a1d 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -60,11 +60,13 @@ postgresql-client [platform:dpkg]
 # postgresql-devel [platform:rpm]
 postgresql-server [platform:rpm]
 mariadb [platform:rpm]
-mariadb-server [platform:rpm]
+mariadb-server [platform:rpm platform:debian-bookworm]
 # mariadb-devel [platform:rpm]
 dev-db/mariadb [platform:gentoo]
-mysql-client [platform:dpkg]
-mysql-server [platform:dpkg]
+mysql-client [platform:dpkg !platform:debian-bookworm]
+mysql-server [platform:dpkg !platform:debian-bookworm]
+mariadb-client [platform:debian-bookworm]
+
 # libmysqlclient-dev [platform:dpkg]
 # gettext and graphviz are needed by doc builds only. For transition,
 # have them in both doc and test.