diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 73d12646..d245b6e2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ IF(MSVC)
     ENDFOREACH()
   ENDIF()
 ENDIF()
+ELSE()
+  # MDEV-16383
+  IF(WITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER)
+    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DHAVE_EMBEDDED)
+  ENDIF()
 ENDIF(NOT IS_SUBPROJECT)
 
 # Disable dbug information for release builds
diff --git a/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c b/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
index 68d7e72c..533ab157 100644
--- a/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
+++ b/libmariadb/mariadb_lib.c
@@ -1563,6 +1563,7 @@ MYSQL *mthd_my_real_connect(MYSQL *mysql, const char *host, const char *user,
       SET_CLIENT_ERROR(mysql, CR_OUT_OF_MEMORY, SQLSTATE_UNKNOWN, 0);
       goto error;
     }
+    is_maria= mariadb_connection(mysql);
   }
   end+= strlen(end) + 1;
 
diff --git a/mariadb_config/mariadb_config.c.in b/mariadb_config/mariadb_config.c.in
index 55749432..8d5e19cb 100644
--- a/mariadb_config/mariadb_config.c.in
+++ b/mariadb_config/mariadb_config.c.in
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ static char *mariadb_progname;
 #define PKG_PLUGINDIR "%s/@INSTALL_PLUGINDIR@"
 #define PKG_LIBDIR "%s/@INSTALL_LIBDIR@"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_EMBEDDED
+#define EMBEDDED_LIBS "-L@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@INSTALL_LIBDIR@/ -lmariadbd @extra_dynamic_LDFLAGS@"
+#endif
+
 #if defined(SOLARIS) || defined(__sun)
 #define OPT_STRING_TYPE (char *)
 #else
@@ -65,6 +69,11 @@ static struct option long_options[]=
   {OPT_STRING_TYPE "plugindir", no_argument, 0, 'j'},
   {OPT_STRING_TYPE "tlsinfo", no_argument, 0, 'k'},
   {OPT_STRING_TYPE "variable", 2, 0, 'm'},
+#ifdef HAVE_EMBEDDED
+  {OPT_STRING_TYPE "libmysqld-libs", no_argument, 0, 'n' },
+  {OPT_STRING_TYPE "embedded-libs", no_argument, 0, 'n' },
+  {OPT_STRING_TYPE "embedded", no_argument, 0, 'n' },
+#endif
   {NULL, 0, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -95,6 +104,9 @@ static const char *values[]=
   PLUGIN_DIR,
   TLS_LIBRARY_VERSION,
   "VAR  VAR is one of:"
+#ifdef HAVE_EMBEDDED
+  ,EMBEDDED_LIBS
+#endif
 };
 
 void usage(void)
@@ -232,7 +244,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   while(1)
   {
     int option_index= 0;
-    c= getopt_long(argc, argv, "abcdefghijkl", long_options, &option_index);
+    c= getopt_long(argc, argv, "abcdefghijklmno", long_options, &option_index);
 
     switch(c) {
     case 'a': /* CFLAGS and Include directories */
@@ -288,6 +300,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
       }
       break;
     }
+#ifdef HAVE_EMBEDDED
+    case 'n':
+      puts(EMBEDDED_LIBS);
+      break;
+#endif
     default:
       exit((c != -1));
     }