diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost/Boost-1.66.0-intel-2017b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost/Boost-1.66.0-intel-2017b.eb
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+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost/Boost-1.66.0-intel-2017b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name = 'Boost'
+version = '1.66.0'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.boost.org/'
+description = """Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2017b'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True, 'usempi': True}
+
+source_urls = [SOURCEFORGE_SOURCE]
+sources = ['%%(namelower)s_%s.tar.gz' % '_'.join(version.split('.'))]
+checksums = ['bd0df411efd9a585e5a2212275f8762079fed8842264954675a4fddc46cfcf60']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('bzip2', '1.0.6'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
+]
+
+configopts = '--without-libraries=python'
+
+# also build boost_mpi
+boost_mpi = True
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/MariaDB/MariaDB-10.2.11-intel-2017b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/MariaDB/MariaDB-10.2.11-intel-2017b.eb
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+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/MariaDB/MariaDB-10.2.11-intel-2017b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'MariaDB'
+version = '10.2.11'
+
+homepage = 'https://mariadb.org/'
+description = """MariaDB An enhanced, drop-in replacement for MySQL."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2017b'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://downloads.mariadb.org/f/mariadb-%(version)s/source']
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+patches = ['MariaDB-10.1.13-link-rt-for-jemalloc.patch']
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
+    ('ncurses', '6.0'),
+    ('jemalloc', '5.0.1'),
+    ('XZ', '5.2.3'),
+    ('Boost', '1.66.0'),
+    ('libxml2', '2.9.7'),
+]
+
+builddependencies = [('CMake', '3.10.1')]
+
+separate_build_dir = True
+
+# we need to use the bundled PCRE because using an external one is broken,
+# see https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2173
+configopts = "-DWITH_PCRE=bundled -DWITH_JEMALLOC=yes -DWITH_ZLIB=system -DMYSQL_MAINTAINER_MODE=ON "
+configopts += "-DWITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER=ON "  # for libmysqld.so & co
+configopts += "-DWITHOUT_TOKUDB=ON "  # not supported with Intel compilers
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/mysql', 'bin/mysqld_safe', 'lib/libmysqlclient.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'lib/libmysqld.%s' % SHLIB_EXT,
+              'scripts/mysql_install_db'],
+    'dirs': ['include', 'share'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'data'