diff --git a/build_utils/ngcp-build-schema-files b/build_utils/ngcp-build-schema-files
index b4295a5b..0978fb31 100755
--- a/build_utils/ngcp-build-schema-files
+++ b/build_utils/ngcp-build-schema-files
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ mysql_install_options+=("--skip-test-db")
 mysql_install_options+=("--user=mysql")
 mysql_install_options+=("--skip-networking")
 
-mysql_install_db "${mysql_install_options[@]}"
+mariadb-install-db "${mysql_install_options[@]}"
 
 declare -a mysqld_options
 mysqld_options+=("--defaults-file=${mariadb_dir}/my.cnf")