diff --git a/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.c b/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.c
index 2b72646f6..532ef5709 100644
--- a/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.c
+++ b/server/modules/monitor/galeramon/galeramon.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static bool using_xtrabackup(MXS_MONITORED_SERVER *database, const char* server_
 
         while ((row = mysql_fetch_row(result)))
         {
-            if (row[1] && strncmp(row[1], "xtrabackup", 10) == 0)
+            if (row[1] && (strcmp(row[1], "xtrabackup") == 0 || strcmp(row[1], "mariabackup")))
             {
                 rval = true;
             }