diff --git a/databases/luadbi/Makefile b/databases/luadbi/Makefile
index 1252236e68e4..8e1230770253 100644
--- a/databases/luadbi/Makefile
+++ b/databases/luadbi/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ MYSQL_ALL_TARGET=	mysql
 MYSQL_PLIST_FILES=	%%LUA_MODLIBDIR%%/dbd/mysql.so
 MYSQL_MAKE_ENV+=	MYSQL_LDFLAGS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient"
 MYSQL_MAKE_ENV+=	MYSQL_INC="-I${LOCALBASE}/include/mysql"
+MYSQL_VARS=	IGNORE_WITH_MYSQL=80
 
 SQLITE3_USES=		localbase:ldflags sqlite:3
 SQLITE3_ALL_TARGET=	sqlite3