diff --git a/src/korma/db.clj b/src/korma/db.clj
index f1391a1..3ceed4d 100644
--- a/src/korma/db.clj
+++ b/src/korma/db.clj
@@ -262,6 +262,18 @@
           :subname     db}
          (dissoc opts :db)))
 
+(defn mariadb
+   "Create a database specification for a mariadb database. Opts should include keys
+   for :db, :user, and :password. You can also optionally set host and port.
+   Delimiters are automatically set to \"`\"."
+ [{:keys [user password host port db]
+   :or {user "root" password "" host "localhost", port 3306, db ""}
+   :as opts}]
+ (merge {:classname "org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver"
+         :subprotocol "mariadb"
+         :subname     (str "//" host ":" port "/" db "?user=" user "&password=" password "")}
+   (dissoc opts :host :port :db)))
+
 (defmacro transaction
   "Execute all queries within the body in a single transaction.
   Optionally takes as a first argument a map to specify the :isolation and :read-only? properties of the transaction."
@@ -289,7 +301,7 @@
 
 (defn- exec-sql [{:keys [results sql-str params]}]
   (let [keys (get-in *current-db* [:options :naming :keys])
-        sql-params (apply vector sql-str params)]
+        sql-params (apply vector (clojure.string/replace sql-str #"\"" "`") params)]
     (case results
       :results (jdbc/query *current-conn* sql-params {:identifiers keys})
       :keys (jdbc/db-do-prepared-return-keys *current-conn* sql-params)