diff --git a/ports/libmariadb/CONTROL b/ports/libmariadb/CONTROL
index 6507c55c71..d3b39d0afc 100644
--- a/ports/libmariadb/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/libmariadb/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 Source: libmariadb
-Version: 3.1.7-1
+Version: 3.1.7
+Port-Version: 2
 Homepage: https://github.com/MariaDB/mariadb-connector-c
 Description: MariaDB Connector/C is used to connect C/C++ applications to MariaDB and MySQL databases
+Default-Features: zlib, openssl
+
+Feature: zlib
+Build-Depends: zlib
+Description: Use internal zlib
+
+Feature: openssl
+Build-Depends: openssl
+Description: Enable SSL support
diff --git a/ports/libmariadb/portfile.cmake b/ports/libmariadb/portfile.cmake
index 06f54bb41d..6943c934c0 100644
--- a/ports/libmariadb/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libmariadb/portfile.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO MariaDB/mariadb-connector-c
-    REF 8e9c3116105d9a998a60991b7f4ba910d454d4b1 # v3.1.7
+    REF 8e9c3116105d9a998a60991b7f4ba910d454d4b1 # v3.1.7
     SHA512 b663effe7794d997c0589a9a20dab6b7359414612e60e3cb43e3fd0ddeae0391bcbc2d816cba4a7438602566ad6781cbf8e18b0062f1d37a2b2bd521af16033c
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
@@ -17,12 +17,17 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
 			fix-InstallPath.patch
 )
 
+vcpkg_check_features(OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
+    zlib WITH_EXTERNAL_ZLIB
+    openssl WITH_SSL
+)
+
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     PREFER_NINJA
     OPTIONS
+        ${FEATURE_OPTIONS}
         -DWITH_UNITTEST=OFF
-        -DWITH_SSL=OFF
         -DWITH_CURL=OFF
 )