diff --git a/client/mysql.cc b/client/mysql.cc
index 99c279dfc44..d73d1d992d7 100644
--- a/client/mysql.cc
+++ b/client/mysql.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #endif
 
-const char *VER= "14.15";
+const char *VER= "14.16";
 
 /* Don't try to make a nice table if the data is too big */
 #define MAX_COLUMN_LENGTH	     1024
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[])
   delimiter_str= delimiter;
   default_prompt = my_strdup(getenv("MYSQL_PS1") ? 
 			     getenv("MYSQL_PS1") : 
-			     "mysql> ",MYF(MY_WME));
+			     "\\N [\\d]> ",MYF(MY_WME));
   current_prompt = my_strdup(default_prompt,MYF(MY_WME));
   prompt_counter=0;
 
@@ -1156,10 +1156,11 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[])
     signal(SIGINT, handle_sigint);              // Catch SIGINT to clean up
   signal(SIGQUIT, mysql_end);			// Catch SIGQUIT to clean up
 
-  put_info("Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \\g.",
+  put_info("Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \\g.",
 	   INFO_INFO);
   sprintf((char*) glob_buffer.ptr(),
-	  "Your MySQL connection id is %lu\nServer version: %s\n",
+	  "Your %s connection id is %lu\nServer version: %s\n",
+          mysql_get_server_name(&mysql),
 	  mysql_thread_id(&mysql), server_version_string(&mysql));
   put_info((char*) glob_buffer.ptr(),INFO_INFO);
 
@@ -4369,6 +4370,7 @@ com_status(String *buffer __attribute__((unused)),
   tee_fprintf(stdout, "Using outfile:\t\t'%s'\n", opt_outfile ? outfile : "");
 #endif
   tee_fprintf(stdout, "Using delimiter:\t%s\n", delimiter);
+  tee_fprintf(stdout, "Server:\t\t\t%s\n", mysql_get_server_name(&mysql));
   tee_fprintf(stdout, "Server version:\t\t%s\n", server_version_string(&mysql));
   tee_fprintf(stdout, "Protocol version:\t%d\n", mysql_get_proto_info(&mysql));
   tee_fprintf(stdout, "Connection:\t\t%s\n", mysql_get_host_info(&mysql));
@@ -4700,7 +4702,7 @@ static void mysql_end_timer(ulong start_time,char *buff)
   strmov(strend(buff),")");
 }
 
-static const char* construct_prompt()
+static const char *construct_prompt()
 {
   processed_prompt.free();			// Erase the old prompt
   time_t  lclock = time(NULL);			// Get the date struct
@@ -4729,6 +4731,12 @@ static const char* construct_prompt()
       case 'd':
 	processed_prompt.append(current_db ? current_db : "(none)");
 	break;
+      case 'N':
+        if (connected)
+          processed_prompt.append(mysql_get_server_name(&mysql));
+        else
+          processed_prompt.append("unkown");
+        break;
       case 'h':
       {
 	const char *prompt;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4705d4a343a..c293b5eae1f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 #
 # When merging new MySQL releases, update the version number to match the
 # MySQL version number, but reset the maria subrelease (-beta1).
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(mysql, 5.1.38-maria-beta1)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(mysql, 5.1.38-MariaDB-beta1)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER([include/config.h:config.h.in])
 
 PROTOCOL_VERSION=10
diff --git a/include/mysql.h b/include/mysql.h
index d114afb6c93..074098aef1b 100644
--- a/include/mysql.h
+++ b/include/mysql.h
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ int		STDCALL mysql_set_server_option(MYSQL *mysql,
 int		STDCALL mysql_ping(MYSQL *mysql);
 const char *	STDCALL mysql_stat(MYSQL *mysql);
 const char *	STDCALL mysql_get_server_info(MYSQL *mysql);
+const char *	STDCALL mysql_get_server_name(MYSQL *mysql);
 const char *	STDCALL mysql_get_client_info(void);
 unsigned long	STDCALL mysql_get_client_version(void);
 const char *	STDCALL mysql_get_host_info(MYSQL *mysql);
@@ -560,6 +561,7 @@ void		STDCALL mysql_debug(const char *debug);
 void 		STDCALL myodbc_remove_escape(MYSQL *mysql,char *name);
 unsigned int	STDCALL mysql_thread_safe(void);
 my_bool		STDCALL mysql_embedded(void);
+my_bool		STDCALL mariadb_connection(MYSQL *mysql);
 MYSQL_MANAGER*  STDCALL mysql_manager_init(MYSQL_MANAGER* con);  
 MYSQL_MANAGER*  STDCALL mysql_manager_connect(MYSQL_MANAGER* con,
 					      const char* host,
diff --git a/include/mysql.h.pp b/include/mysql.h.pp
index 081c95c5638..c333cb2bec5 100644
--- a/include/mysql.h.pp
+++ b/include/mysql.h.pp
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ int mysql_set_server_option(MYSQL *mysql,
 int mysql_ping(MYSQL *mysql);
 const char * mysql_stat(MYSQL *mysql);
 const char * mysql_get_server_info(MYSQL *mysql);
+const char * mysql_get_server_name(MYSQL *mysql);
 const char * mysql_get_client_info(void);
 unsigned long mysql_get_client_version(void);
 const char * mysql_get_host_info(MYSQL *mysql);
@@ -520,6 +521,7 @@ void mysql_debug(const char *debug);
 void myodbc_remove_escape(MYSQL *mysql,char *name);
 unsigned int mysql_thread_safe(void);
 my_bool mysql_embedded(void);
+my_bool mariadb_connection(MYSQL *mysql);
 MYSQL_MANAGER* mysql_manager_init(MYSQL_MANAGER* con);
 MYSQL_MANAGER* mysql_manager_connect(MYSQL_MANAGER* con,
            const char* host,
diff --git a/libmysql/libmysql.c b/libmysql/libmysql.c
index 464cc5f870e..526dcf51e70 100644
--- a/libmysql/libmysql.c
+++ b/libmysql/libmysql.c
@@ -1430,6 +1430,18 @@ mysql_get_server_info(MYSQL *mysql)
 }
 
 
+my_bool STDCALL mariadb_connection(MYSQL *mysql)
+{
+  return strinstr(mysql->server_version, "MariaDB") != 0;
+}
+
+const char * STDCALL
+mysql_get_server_name(MYSQL *mysql)
+{
+  return mariadb_connection(mysql) ? "MariaDB" : "MySQL";
+}
+
+
 const char * STDCALL
 mysql_get_host_info(MYSQL *mysql)
 {