diff --git a/docker/rootfs/shared/docker/install/base.sh b/docker/rootfs/shared/docker/install/base.sh
index c7043ea4f7..b5b4c814b3 100755
--- a/docker/rootfs/shared/docker/install/base.sh
+++ b/docker/rootfs/shared/docker/install/base.sh
@@ -56,9 +56,14 @@ packages+=(
 
 readarray -d ' ' -t -O "${#packages[@]}" packages < <(echo -n "${APT_PACKAGES_EXTRA:-}")
 
+# Install MariaDB version that doesn't break on MariaDB dumps AND that still alias to mysql
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl ca-certificates apt-transport-https
+curl -LsS https://downloads.mariadb.com/MariaDB/mariadb_repo_setup | bash -s -- --mariadb-server-version mariadb-10.11\
+
 apt-get update
 apt-get upgrade -y
-apt-get install -y "${packages[@]}"
+apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends "${packages[@]}"
 
 locale-gen
 update-locale
diff --git a/docker/rootfs/shared/docker/install/php.sh b/docker/rootfs/shared/docker/install/php.sh
index 7f714cb849..ac6b5155f8 100755
--- a/docker/rootfs/shared/docker/install/php.sh
+++ b/docker/rootfs/shared/docker/install/php.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ readarray -d ' ' -t -O "${#pecl_extensions[@]}" pecl_extensions < <(echo -n "${P
 
 # install dh-php and PECL extensions if any are configured
 if [ ${#pecl_extensions[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
-    apt-get install -y dh-php
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends dh-php
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086,SC2048
     pecl install ${pecl_extensions[*]}