diff --git a/.env.local b/.env.local
index cda5e6451726127085611ad66debf8c83b7e4941..798182656e8fa1b8cb7d937029483fa3ae98ac8f 100644
--- a/.env.local
+++ b/.env.local
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ NODE_SASS=^7.0.1
 COMPOSER_VERSION=composer2
 
 # Version for php in PHP container: php7_2 | php8_0
-PHP_VERSION=php7_2
\ No newline at end of file
+PHP_VERSION=php7_2
+
+# Version for database in db container: mariadb_10_3 | mariadb_10_11
+DB_VERSION=mariadb_10_3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/devops/docker/db/mariadb_10_11/Dockerfile b/devops/docker/db/mariadb_10_11/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8a4b1e5ecf7d3aad0a9a6ee19427d666da88a7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devops/docker/db/mariadb_10_11/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2023 Leipzig University Library
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# @author  Sebastian Kehr <kehr@ub.uni-leipzig.de>
+# @license https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 GNU GPLv3
+
+FROM mariadb:10.11.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/devops/docker/db/entrypoint.sh b/devops/docker/db/mariadb_10_11/entrypoint.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from devops/docker/db/entrypoint.sh
rename to devops/docker/db/mariadb_10_11/entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/devops/docker/db/mariadb_10_3/Dockerfile b/devops/docker/db/mariadb_10_3/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ac070a85ff23d2f500ba5880575a1f5a9833ab9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devops/docker/db/mariadb_10_3/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2023 Leipzig University Library
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# @author  Sebastian Kehr <kehr@ub.uni-leipzig.de>
+# @license https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 GNU GPLv3
+
+FROM mariadb:10.3.17
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/devops/docker/db/mariadb_10_3/entrypoint.sh b/devops/docker/db/mariadb_10_3/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8be1f15524b89bf8d6a9b6638a28e322142a24b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devops/docker/db/mariadb_10_3/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# Copyright (C) 2020  Leipzig University Library
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+# @author  Sebastian Kehr <kehr@ub.uni-leipzig.de>
+# @license https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 GNU GPLv3
+
+until ! (ping -c1 env >/dev/null 2>&1) && [ -f ./data/docker/env/db ]; do :; done
+while ! grep -q MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD ./data/docker/env/db
+do
+    echo "wait for MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD"
+    sleep 1
+done
+set -a; . ./data/docker/env/db; set +a
+
+echo "set up db"
+exec docker-entrypoint.sh "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 59aa7093ba114d322946d0a83f834d6d277a58e0..b7ac4f464b3130889c1942eef6d4cda8a8912d23 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ services:
     tty: true
 
   db:
-    image: mariadb:10.3.17
+    build: devops/docker/db/${DB_VERSION:-mariadb_10_3}
     ports:
       - 127.0.0.1:${DB_PORT:-11101}:3306
     working_dir: /usr/local/vufind
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - env
       - autoconfig
-    entrypoint: ["devops/docker/db/entrypoint.sh"]
+    entrypoint: devops/docker/db/${DB_VERSION:-mariadb_10_3}/entrypoint.sh
     command: [
       "mysqld",
       "--character-set-server=utf8mb4",