diff --git a/src/Filters/FiltersPartial.php b/src/Filters/FiltersPartial.php
index 77db819c..31d77100 100644
--- a/src/Filters/FiltersPartial.php
+++ b/src/Filters/FiltersPartial.php
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ protected static function escapeLike(string $value): string
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param 'sqlite'|'pgsql'|'sqlsrc'|'mysql' $driver
+     * @param 'sqlite'|'pgsql'|'sqlsrc'|'mysql'|'mariadb' $driver
      * @return string
      */
     protected static function maybeSpecifyEscapeChar(string $driver): string
     {
-        if (! in_array($driver, ['sqlite','pgsql','sqlsrv'])) {
+        if (! in_array($driver, ['sqlite','sqlsrv'])) {
             return '';
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/FilterTest.php b/tests/FilterTest.php
index e4cea386..56486037 100644
--- a/tests/FilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/FilterTest.php
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
 });
 
 it('specifies escape character in supported databases', function (string $dbDriver) {
+    if ($dbDriver === 'mariadb' && ! in_array('mariadb', DB::supportedDrivers())) {
+        $this->markTestSkipped('mariadb driver not supported in the installed version of illuminate/database dependency');
+    }
+
     $fakeConnection = "test_{$dbDriver}";
 
     DB::connectUsing($fakeConnection, [
@@ -100,6 +104,7 @@
     ]);
 
     DB::usingConnection($fakeConnection, function () use ($dbDriver) {
+
         $request = new Request([
             'filter' => ['name' => 'to_find'],
         ]);
@@ -108,10 +113,10 @@
             ->allowedFilters('name', 'id')
             ->toSql();
 
-        expect($queryBuilderSql)->when(in_array($dbDriver, ["sqlite","pgsql","sqlsrv"]), fn (Expectation $query) => $query->toContain("ESCAPE '\'"));
-        expect($queryBuilderSql)->when($dbDriver === 'mysql', fn (Expectation $query) => $query->not->toContain("ESCAPE '\'"));
+        expect($queryBuilderSql)->when(in_array($dbDriver, ["sqlite","sqlsrv"]), fn (Expectation $query) => $query->toContain("ESCAPE '\'"));
+        expect($queryBuilderSql)->when(in_array($dbDriver, ["mysql","mariadb", "pgsql"]), fn (Expectation $query) => $query->not->toContain("ESCAPE '\'"));
     });
-})->with(['sqlite', 'mysql', 'pgsql', 'sqlsrv']);
+})->with(['sqlite', 'mysql', 'pgsql', 'sqlsrv', 'mariadb']);
 
 it('can filter results based on the existence of a property in an array', function () {
     $results = createQueryFromFilterRequest([