diff --git a/docker/kolla-ansible/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/kolla-ansible/Dockerfile.j2
index 1d0228d548..d38257e4da 100644
--- a/docker/kolla-ansible/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/kolla-ansible/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
 
 {% if base_distro in ['centos', 'fedora', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
 
+# TODO(mandre) remove MariaDB-shared once Percona has fixed its packaging issue
 RUN yum -y install \
         gcc \
         git \
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ RUN yum -y install \
         libxslt-devel \
         mariadb-devel \
         mariadb-libs \
+        MariaDB-shared \
         openssl-devel \
         python-devel \
         openssh-clients \
diff --git a/docker/openstack-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/openstack-base/Dockerfile.j2
index 3a7e876045..8532c4e3df 100644
--- a/docker/openstack-base/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/openstack-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ FROM {{ namespace }}/{{ image_prefix }}base:{{ tag }}
 MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
 
 {% if base_distro in ['fedora', 'centos', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
+# TODO(mandre) remove MariaDB-shared once Percona has fixed its packaging issue
 RUN yum -y install \
         git \
         iproute \
         mariadb-libs \
-        MySQL-python \
+        MariaDB-shared \
         openssl \
     && yum clean all
 {% endif %}