diff --git a/server/databases/mariadb.xml b/server/databases/mariadb.xml
index c7586d0e86..cfda2f26ee 100644
--- a/server/databases/mariadb.xml
+++ b/server/databases/mariadb.xml
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ popd</userinput></screen>
       Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
     </para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
+ln -sfv /usr/include/mysql/{mariadb,mysql}_version.h</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
 
@@ -237,6 +238,12 @@ popd</userinput></screen>
       customization options.
     </para></note>
 
+    <para>
+      <command>ln -s /usr/include/mysql/{mariadb,mysql}_version.h</command>: 
+      Some applications, for example <xref linkend='qt5'/>, look specifically for 
+      mysql_version.h.  This symbolic link ensures the proper file can be found.
+    </para>
+
 
   </sect2>
 
diff --git a/x/lib/qt5.xml b/x/lib/qt5.xml
index 9e0901e28e..85515a0793 100644
--- a/x/lib/qt5.xml
+++ b/x/lib/qt5.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       Frameworks 5 (KF5)</application>.
     </para>
 
-    &lfs80_checked;
+    &lfs81_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ ln -sfnv qt-&qt5-version; /opt/qt5</userinput></screen>
             -examplesdir    /usr/share/doc/qt5/examples</userinput></screen>
     </note>
 
+<!--  Not needed with mariadb-10.2.8, but a symlink for mysql_version.h
+      on the mariadb page, is needed.
+
     <para>
       If you have <xref linkend="mariadb"/> installed, fix a build issue with
       with <application>MySQL</application> compatibility:
@@ -230,6 +233,7 @@ ln -sfnv qt-&qt5-version; /opt/qt5</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput>sed '/qsqlresult_p.h&gt;/a#include &lt;mysql/mysql_version.h&gt;' \
     -i qtbase/src/plugins/sqldrivers/mysql/qsql_mysql.cpp</userinput></screen>
+-->
 
     <para>
       Install <application>Qt5</application> by running the following commands: