diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/sysvars_aria.result b/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/sysvars_aria.result
index 6516260a05d..4fdb82f8510 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/sysvars_aria.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/sys_vars/r/sysvars_aria.result
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DEFAULT_VALUE	8192
 VARIABLE_SCOPE	GLOBAL
 VARIABLE_TYPE	BIGINT UNSIGNED
 VARIABLE_COMMENT	Block size to be used for Aria index pages.
-NUMERIC_MIN_VALUE	1024
+NUMERIC_MIN_VALUE	4096
 NUMERIC_MAX_VALUE	32768
 NUMERIC_BLOCK_SIZE	1024
 ENUM_VALUE_LIST	NULL
diff --git a/storage/maria/ha_maria.cc b/storage/maria/ha_maria.cc
index 76991621def..43eb7ff7dde 100644
--- a/storage/maria/ha_maria.cc
+++ b/storage/maria/ha_maria.cc
@@ -152,10 +152,11 @@ static void update_log_file_size(MYSQL_THD thd,
                                  struct st_mysql_sys_var *var,
                                  void *var_ptr, const void *save);
 
+/* The 4096 is there because of MariaDB privilege tables */
 static MYSQL_SYSVAR_ULONG(block_size, maria_block_size,
        PLUGIN_VAR_RQCMDARG | PLUGIN_VAR_READONLY,
        "Block size to be used for Aria index pages.", 0, 0,
-       MARIA_KEY_BLOCK_LENGTH, MARIA_MIN_KEY_BLOCK_LENGTH,
+       MARIA_KEY_BLOCK_LENGTH, 4096,
        MARIA_MAX_KEY_BLOCK_LENGTH, MARIA_MIN_KEY_BLOCK_LENGTH);
 
 static MYSQL_SYSVAR_ULONG(checkpoint_interval, checkpoint_interval,