diff -aurN a/mysql.xs b/mysql.xs
--- a/mysql.xs	2016-11-19 14:55:08.000000000 -0500
+++ b/mysql.xs	2017-10-13 15:03:50.975041846 -0400
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@
     D_imp_dbh(dbh);
     IV type = 0;
     SV* retsv=NULL;
-#if !defined(MARIADB_BASE_VERSION) && MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50709
+#if ( !defined(MARIADB_BASE_VERSION) && MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50709 ) || MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 100202
 /* MariaDB 10 is not MySQL source level compatible so this only applies to MySQL*/
     IV buffer_len;
 #endif 
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@
 	    retsv = newSVpvn("`", 1);
 	    break;
 	case SQL_MAXIMUM_STATEMENT_LENGTH:
-#if !defined(MARIADB_BASE_VERSION) && MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50709
+#if ( !defined(MARIADB_BASE_VERSION) && MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 50709 ) || MYSQL_VERSION_ID >= 100202
         /* MariaDB 10 is not MySQL source level compatible so this
            only applies to MySQL*/
 	    /* mysql_get_option() was added in mysql 5.7.3 */