diff --git a/client/mysql.cc b/client/mysql.cc
index 0ebc8114247ab..7e58c3d77e3a1 100644
--- a/client/mysql.cc
+++ b/client/mysql.cc
@@ -1408,6 +1408,9 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[])
             mysql_thread_id(&mysql), server_version_string(&mysql));
     put_info((char*) glob_buffer.ptr(),INFO_INFO);
     put_info(ORACLE_WELCOME_COPYRIGHT_NOTICE("2000"), INFO_INFO);
+    put_info("Help others discover MariaDB."
+             " Star it on GitHub: https://github.com/MariaDB/server\n",
+             INFO_INFO);
   }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_READLINE
diff --git a/mysql-test/main/mysql-interactive.result b/mysql-test/main/mysql-interactive.result
index 0eb3a53cac754..cd083339ace29 100644
--- a/mysql-test/main/mysql-interactive.result
+++ b/mysql-test/main/mysql-interactive.result
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Your MariaDB connection id is X
 Server version: Y
 Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
 
+Help others discover MariaDB. Star it on GitHub: https://github.com/MariaDB/server
+
 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
 
 MariaDB [(none)]> delimiter $
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ Your MariaDB connection id is X
 Server version: Y
 Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
 
+Help others discover MariaDB. Star it on GitHub: https://github.com/MariaDB/server
+
 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
 
 MariaDB [(none)]> create database db1;
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index 3b49c53c52b26..e128d8e3af485 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -5044,11 +5044,15 @@ static int init_server_components()
     Print source revision hash, as one of the first lines, if not the
     first in error log, for troubleshooting and debugging purposes
   */
-  if (!opt_help)
+  if (!opt_help) {
     sql_print_information("Starting MariaDB %s source revision %s "
                           "server_uid %s as process %lu",
                           server_version, SOURCE_REVISION, server_uid,
                           (ulong) getpid());
+    sql_print_information("Help others discover MariaDB."
+        " Star it on GitHub: https://github.com/MariaDB/server");
+  }
+
 
 #ifdef WITH_PERFSCHEMA_STORAGE_ENGINE
   /*