diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 301f0c100e3..16931ef8946 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ CHANGELOG Roundcube Webmail
 - Fix POST parameter reflection in default_charset selector (#5768)
 - Enigma: Fix compatibility with assets_dir
 - Managesieve: Skip redundant LISTSCRIPTS command
+- Fix SQL syntax error on MariaDB 10.2 (#5774)
 
 RELEASE 1.3-rc
 --------------
diff --git a/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_contacts.php b/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_contacts.php
index c26527cba1e..6082d8d2569 100644
--- a/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_contacts.php
+++ b/program/lib/Roundcube/rcube_contacts.php
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ private function _count()
 
         // count contacts for this user
         $sql_result = $this->db->query(
-            "SELECT COUNT(c.`contact_id`) AS rows".
+            "SELECT COUNT(c.`contact_id`) AS cnt".
             " FROM " . $this->db->table_name($this->db_name, true) . " AS c".
                 $join.
             " WHERE c.`del` <> 1".
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ private function _count()
 
         $sql_arr = $this->db->fetch_assoc($sql_result);
 
-        $this->cache['count'] = (int) $sql_arr['rows'];
+        $this->cache['count'] = (int) $sql_arr['cnt'];
 
         return $this->cache['count'];
     }