diff --git a/mysql/tasks/users_jessie.yml b/mysql/tasks/users_jessie.yml
index 7f4eec06..f11e41af 100644
--- a/mysql/tasks/users_jessie.yml
+++ b/mysql/tasks/users_jessie.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ---
 
+- name: "Abort if MariaDB on Debian 8"
+  fail:
+    msg: "We can't create other users with 'debian-sys-maint' on Debian 8 with MariaDB.\nWe must give it the GRANT privilege before continuing."
+  when: mysql_variant == "mariadb"
+
 # dependency for mysql_user and mysql_db
 
 - name: python-mysqldb is installed (Ansible dependency)