diff -aurN a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2018-02-27 16:45:56.740178421 -0500
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2018-02-28 09:06:59.163673185 -0500
@@ -339,8 +339,6 @@
 MYSQL_CHECK_ZLIB_WITH_COMPRESS()
 # Add bundled yassl/taocrypt or system openssl.
 MYSQL_CHECK_SSL()
-# Add readline or libedit.
-MYSQL_CHECK_READLINE()
 
 SET(MALLOC_LIBRARY "system")
 
@@ -377,28 +375,38 @@
 
 SET (MYSQLD_STATIC_PLUGIN_LIBS "" CACHE INTERNAL "")
 
-INCLUDE(submodules)
 INCLUDE(mariadb_connector_c) # this does ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libmariadb)
 
 # Add storage engines and plugins.
 CONFIGURE_PLUGINS()
 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(include)
+IF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+ ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(include)
+ENDIF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(dbug)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(strings)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(vio)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(mysys)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(mysys_ssl)
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(client)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(extra)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libservices)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(sql/share)
 
+IF(NOT WITHOUT_TOOLS)
+  # Add readline or libedit.
+  MYSQL_CHECK_READLINE()
+  ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(client)
+ENDIF(NOT WITHOUT_TOOLS)
+
 IF(NOT WITHOUT_SERVER)
   ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(tests)
   ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(sql)
   OPTION (WITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER "Compile MySQL with embedded server" OFF)
-  IF(WITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER) 
+  IF(WITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER)
+   IF(WITHOUT_TOOLS)
+    MYSQL_CHECK_READLINE()
+   ENDIF(WITHOUT_TOOLS)
    ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libmysqld)
    ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libmysqld/examples)
   ENDIF(WITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER)
diff -aurN a/extra/CMakeLists.txt b/extra/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/extra/CMakeLists.txt	2018-02-25 22:27:15.000000000 -0500
+++ b/extra/CMakeLists.txt	2018-03-09 10:08:24.532158129 -0500
@@ -46,10 +46,15 @@
                   DEPENDS 
                   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include/mysqld_error.h.tmp)
 
+IF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
 MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(my_print_defaults my_print_defaults.c)
+MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(perror perror.c)
+ELSE(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+ADD_EXECUTABLE(my_print_defaults my_print_defaults.c)
+ADD_EXECUTABLE(perror perror.c)
+ENDIF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(my_print_defaults  mysys)
 
-MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(perror perror.c)
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(perror GenError)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(perror mysys)

diff -aurN a/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt b/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt	2018-02-27 16:45:56.434184441 -0500
+++ b/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt	2018-02-28 09:15:16.258725638 -0500
@@ -378,6 +378,6 @@
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(include)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libmariadb)
-IF(NOT WIN32)
+IF(NOT WIN32 AND NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
   ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(mariadb_config)
 ENDIF()
 
diff -aurN a/libmariadb/include/CMakeLists.txt b/libmariadb/include/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libmariadb/include/CMakeLists.txt	2018-02-27 16:45:56.408184952 -0500
+++ b/libmariadb/include/CMakeLists.txt	2018-02-27 16:59:34.668054644 -0500
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   SET(WIX_INCLUDES ${MARIADB_CLIENT_INCLUDES} ${MARIADB_ADDITIONAL_INCLUDES} ${MYSQL_ADDITIONAL_INCLUDES} PARENT_SCOPE)
 ENDIF()
 
+IF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
 INSTALL(FILES
    ${MARIADB_CLIENT_INCLUDES}
    DESTINATION ${INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
@@ -38,3 +39,4 @@
    ${MARIADB_ADDITIONAL_INCLUDES}
    DESTINATION ${INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/mariadb
    COMPONENT Development)
+ENDIF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
diff -aurN a/libmariadb/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt b/libmariadb/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libmariadb/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt	2018-02-27 16:45:56.421184696 -0500
+++ b/libmariadb/libmariadb/CMakeLists.txt	2018-02-28 09:10:54.981951174 -0500
@@ -371,8 +371,10 @@
                    "FILE_DESCRIPTION:Dynamic lib for client/server communication")
 ENDIF()
 
-ADD_LIBRARY(mariadbclient STATIC  ${MARIADB_OBJECTS} ${EMPTY_FILE})
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mariadbclient ${SYSTEM_LIBS})
+IF(ENABLE_STATIC_LIBS OR NOT WITHOUT_TOOLS)
+ ADD_LIBRARY(mariadbclient STATIC  ${MARIADB_OBJECTS} ${EMPTY_FILE})
+ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mariadbclient ${SYSTEM_LIBS})
+ENDIF(ENABLE_STATIC_LIBS OR NOT WITHOUT_TOOLS)
 
 IF(UNIX)
   ADD_LIBRARY(libmariadb SHARED ${libmariadb_RC} ${MARIADB_OBJECTS} ${EMPTY_FILE} mariadbclient.def)
@@ -398,7 +400,9 @@
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (libmariadb "${CC_BINARY_DIR}/libmariadb/mariadbclient.def")
 ENDIF()
 
-SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(mariadbclient PROPERTIES IMPORTED_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${SYSTEM_LIBS}")
+IF(ENABLE_STATIC_LIBS OR NOT WITHOUT_TOOLS)
+ SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(mariadbclient PROPERTIES IMPORTED_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${SYSTEM_LIBS}")
+ENDIF(ENABLE_STATIC_LIBS OR NOT WITHOUT_TOOLS)
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(libmariadb PROPERTIES IMPORTED_INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${SYSTEM_LIBS}")
 
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(libmariadb PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
@@ -412,11 +416,13 @@
 # of the config program. To make sure these programs can
 # use mariadb client library we provide libmysql symlinks
 
-IF(WITH_MYSQLCOMPAT)
+IF(WITH_MYSQLCOMPAT AND NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
   create_symlink(libmysqlclient${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} libmariadb ${INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-  create_symlink(libmysqlclient_r${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} libmariadb ${INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-  create_symlink(libmysqlclient${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} mariadbclient ${INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-  create_symlink(libmysqlclient_r${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} mariadbclient ${INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+#  create_symlink(libmysqlclient_r${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} libmariadb ${INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+  IF(ENABLE_STATIC_LIBS)
+   create_symlink(libmysqlclient${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} mariadbclient ${INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+#   create_symlink(libmysqlclient_r${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} mariadbclient ${INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+  ENDIF(ENABLE_STATIC_LIBS)
 ENDIF()
 
 
@@ -424,12 +430,16 @@
  ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}
  SOVERSION ${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
+IF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+IF(ENABLE_STATIC_LIBS)
 INSTALL(TARGETS mariadbclient
           COMPONENT Development
           DESTINATION ${INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+ENDIF(ENABLE_STATIC_LIBS)
 INSTALL(TARGETS libmariadb
           COMPONENT SharedLibraries
         DESTINATION ${INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+ENDIF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
 
 IF(WIN32)
    # On Windows, install PDB
diff -aurN a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt	2018-02-27 16:45:56.384185424 -0500
+++ b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt	2018-02-27 16:54:34.623973364 -0500
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@
   # On Unix, most of the files end up in the bin directory
   SET(BIN_SCRIPTS
     msql2mysql
-    mysql_config
     mysql_setpermission
     mysql_secure_installation
     mysqlaccess
@@ -305,6 +304,12 @@
     ${WSREP_SCRIPTS}
     ${SYSTEMD_SCRIPTS}
   )
+  IF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+    SET(BIN_SCRIPTS
+      ${BIN_SCRIPTS}
+      mysql_config
+    )
+  ENDIF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
   FOREACH(file ${BIN_SCRIPTS})
     IF(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${file}.sh)
       CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${file}.sh
diff -aurN a/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh b/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh
--- a/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh	2018-08-04 18:20:58.000000000 -0400
+++ b/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh	2018-08-09 12:23:28.707894151 -0400
@@ -280,10 +280,10 @@
   print_defaults="$builddir/extra/my_print_defaults"
 elif test -n "$basedir"
 then
-  print_defaults=`find_in_dirs my_print_defaults $basedir/bin $basedir/extra`
+  print_defaults=`find_in_dirs my_print_defaults $basedir/libexec/mariadb $basedir/bin $basedir/extra`
   if test -z "$print_defaults"
   then
-    cannot_find_file my_print_defaults $basedir/bin $basedir/extra
+    cannot_find_file my_print_defaults $basedir/libexec/mariadb $basedir/bin $basedir/extra
     exit 1
   fi
 else
diff -aurN a/scripts/wsrep_sst_common.sh b/scripts/wsrep_sst_common.sh
--- a/scripts/wsrep_sst_common.sh	2018-08-04 18:20:58.000000000 -0400
+++ b/scripts/wsrep_sst_common.sh	2018-08-09 12:30:24.976706933 -0400
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@
 SCRIPTS_DIR="$(cd $(dirname "$0"); pwd -P)"
 EXTRA_DIR="$SCRIPTS_DIR/../extra"
 CLIENT_DIR="$SCRIPTS_DIR/../client"
+LIBEXEC_DIR="$SCRIPTS_DIR/../libexec/mariadb"
 
 if [ -x "$CLIENT_DIR/mysql" ]; then
     MYSQL_CLIENT="$CLIENT_DIR/mysql"
@@ -165,10 +166,12 @@
     MYSQLDUMP=mysqldump
 fi

+if [ -x "$LIBEXEC_DIR/my_print_defaults" ]; then
+    MY_PRINT_DEFAULTS="$LIBEXEC_DIR/my_print_defaults"
-if [ -x "$SCRIPTS_DIR/my_print_defaults" ]; then
+elif [ -x "$SCRIPTS_DIR/my_print_defaults" ]; then
     MY_PRINT_DEFAULTS="$SCRIPTS_DIR/my_print_defaults"
 elif [ -x "$EXTRA_DIR/my_print_defaults" ]; then
     MY_PRINT_DEFAULTS="$EXTRA_DIR/my_print_defaults"
 else
     MY_PRINT_DEFAULTS=my_print_defaults
 fi
diff -aurN a/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh b/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh
--- a/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh	2019-02-09 18:24:09.000000000 -0500
+++ b/scripts/mysqld_safe.sh	2019-03-05 15:30:25.455288087 -0500
@@ -133,7 +133,13 @@
 }
 
 find_in_bin() {
-  if test -x "$MY_BASEDIR_VERSION/bin/$1"
+  if test -x "$MY_BASEDIR_VERSION/libexec/mariadb/$1"
+  then
+    echo "$MY_BASEDIR_VERSION/libexec/mariadb/$1"
+  elif test -x "@bindir@/../libexec/mariadb/$1"
+  then
+    echo "@bindir@/../libexec/mariadb/$1"
+  elif test -x "$MY_BASEDIR_VERSION/$1"
   then
     echo "$MY_BASEDIR_VERSION/bin/$1"
   elif test -x "@bindir@/$1"