diff --git a/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindMariaDBClient.cmake b/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindMariaDBClient.cmake
index 543f31a6b..5801be2e6 100644
--- a/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindMariaDBClient.cmake
+++ b/components/core/cmake/Modules/FindMariaDBClient.cmake
@@ -20,6 +20,28 @@ include(cmake/Modules/FindLibraryDependencies.cmake)
 find_package(PkgConfig)
 pkg_check_modules(mariadbclient_PKGCONF QUIET "lib${mariadbclient_LIBNAME}")
 
+if(NOT mariadbclient_PKGCONF_FOUND AND APPLE)
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND brew --prefix mariadb-connector-c
+        RESULT_VARIABLE mariadbclient_BREW_RESULT
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE mariadbclient_MACOS_PREFIX
+    )
+    if(NOT mariadbclient_BREW_RESULT EQUAL 0)
+        message(
+            FATAL_ERROR
+            "pkg-config cannot find ${mariadbclient_LIBNAME} and mariadb-connector-c isn't"
+            " installed via Homebrew"
+        )
+    endif()
+    string(STRIP "${mariadbclient_MACOS_PREFIX}" mariadbclient_MACOS_PREFIX)
+    list(PREPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${mariadbclient_MACOS_PREFIX})
+    pkg_check_modules(mariadbclient_PKGCONF QUIET "lib${mariadbclient_LIBNAME}")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT mariadbclient_PKGCONF_FOUND)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "pkg-config cannot find ${mariadbclient_LIBNAME}")
+endif()
+
 # Set include directory
 find_path(MariaDBClient_INCLUDE_DIR mysql.h
         HINTS ${mariadbclient_PKGCONF_INCLUDEDIR}