diff --git a/cmake/scripts/create_lcg_view_setup_csh.in b/cmake/scripts/create_lcg_view_setup_csh.in
index 5ea89ba40f8b3b4fba4721d8cbf2491527e54b1a..83ddafa80eb19631f61e850cb5f9b9464a80a275 100644
--- a/cmake/scripts/create_lcg_view_setup_csh.in
+++ b/cmake/scripts/create_lcg_view_setup_csh.in
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ if ( -f $thisdir/bin/mariadb_config ) then
     set mysql_dir=`readlink $thisdir/bin/mariadb_config`
     set mysql_dir=`dirname $mysql_dir`
     setenv MYSQL_HOME `dirname $mysql_dir`
+    setenv MARIADB_PLUGIN_DIR $MYSQL_HOME/lib/plugin
 endif
 
 #---then Apache Ant
diff --git a/cmake/scripts/create_lcg_view_setup_sh.in b/cmake/scripts/create_lcg_view_setup_sh.in
index 51c671c6e470f58c73d976ea6bad2fb01e298b55..7a2a28cce981d0ff98694628db71e7dbefb9ce3b 100644
--- a/cmake/scripts/create_lcg_view_setup_sh.in
+++ b/cmake/scripts/create_lcg_view_setup_sh.in
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ fi
 #---then MySQL
 if [ -f $thisdir/bin/mariadb_config ]; then
     export MYSQL_HOME=$(dirname $(dirname $(readlink $thisdir/bin/mariadb_config )))
+    export MARIADB_PLUGIN_DIR=$MYSQL_HOME/lib/plugin
 fi
 
 #---then Apache Ant