diff --git a/profiles/arch/arm/package.use.mask b/profiles/arch/arm/package.use.mask
index f1059993c6982..af68fed183a94 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/arm/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/arch/arm/package.use.mask
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
+# Brian Evans <grknight@gentoo.org> (23 Nov 2015)
+# unmask galera for dev-db/mariadb
+>=dev-db/mariadb-10.1.0 -galera
+
 # Markus Meier <maekke@gentoo.org> (22 Nov 2015)
 # unmask scanner for net-print/hplip, bug #518456
 net-print/hplip -scanner kde
diff --git a/profiles/arch/powerpc/ppc64/64ul/package.use.mask b/profiles/arch/powerpc/ppc64/64ul/package.use.mask
index b2a6b3b597b21..99fa219adee8d 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/powerpc/ppc64/64ul/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/arch/powerpc/ppc64/64ul/package.use.mask
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
+# Brian Evans <grknight@gentoo.org> (23 Nov 2015)
+# unmask galera for dev-db/mariadb
+>=dev-db/mariadb-10.1.0 -galera
+
 # Agostino Sarubbo <ago@gentoo.org> (31 Jan 2012)
 # Mask because requires a lot of unstable depends not ready for the stabilization
 gnome-extra/nm-applet bluetooth