diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb54281..4aabc03 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Forked from opsta to add mariabackup support. If you need mariabackup support then edit default/main.yml to enable mariabackup over innobackupex via the osa_backup_command variable.
+
 OpenStack Ansible backup
 =========
 
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ osa_backup_cron_day: "*"
 osa_backup_cron_month: "*"
 osa_backup_cron_weekday: "*"
 osa_backup_cron_command: "/usr/local/bin/openstack-ansible -i /opt/openstack-ansible/playbooks/inventory/dynamic_inventory.py /opt/openstack-ansible/playbooks/openstack-backup.yml"
+osa_backup_command: "innobackupex --compress --compress-threads=8 {{ osa_backup_remote_galera_dir }}"
 ```
 
 Dependencies
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index dc2efbd..af44438 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ osa_backup_cron_day: "*"
 osa_backup_cron_month: "*"
 osa_backup_cron_weekday: "*"
 osa_backup_cron_command: "/usr/local/bin/openstack-ansible -i /opt/openstack-ansible/playbooks/inventory/dynamic_inventory.py /opt/openstack-ansible/playbooks/openstack-backup.yml"
+
+# osa_backup command line tool to be used when exporting the databases. From mariadb 10.3 onwards precona/innobackupex backup is no longer available and mariabackup should be used in its palc$
+#osa_backup_command: "innobackupex --compress --compress-threads=8 {{ osa_backup_remote_galera_dir }}"
+osa_backup_command: "mariabackup --backup --compress --compress-threads=8 --target-dir={{ osa_backup_remote_galera_dir }}/{{ lookup('pipe','date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S') }}"
diff --git a/tasks/backup_galera.yml b/tasks/backup_galera.yml
index 9d91e3a..3da42bc 100644
--- a/tasks/backup_galera.yml
+++ b/tasks/backup_galera.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         mode: 0755
 
     - name: Backup galera server database
-      shell: innobackupex --compress --compress-threads=8 "{{ osa_backup_remote_galera_dir }}"
+      shell: "{{ osa_backup_command }}"
       delegate_to: "{{ groups['galera_all'] | last }}"
 
   tags: