diff --git a/src/DatabaseDriver.php b/src/DatabaseDriver.php
index 420c598c..b1ef9044 100644
--- a/src/DatabaseDriver.php
+++ b/src/DatabaseDriver.php
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ abstract class DatabaseDriver implements DatabaseInterface, DispatcherAwareInter
      */
     protected $options;
 
+    /**
+     * True if the database engine supports the ROW_NUMBER() window function.
+     *
+     * @var    boolean
+     * @since  __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     */
+    protected $rownum = true;
+
     /**
      * The current SQL statement to execute.
      *
@@ -1040,6 +1048,19 @@ public function getIterator($column = null, $class = \stdClass::class)
      */
     abstract public function getTableCreate($tables);
 
+   /**
+     * Determine whether or not the database engine supports the ROW_NUMBER() window function.
+     *
+     * @return  boolean  True if the database engine supports supports the ROW_NUMBER()
+     *                   window function, false if not.
+     *
+     * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     */
+    public function hasRowNumberSupport(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->rownum;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Determine whether or not the database engine supports UTF-8 character encoding.
      *
diff --git a/src/DatabaseInterface.php b/src/DatabaseInterface.php
index 508b9b95..1ef81c0a 100644
--- a/src/DatabaseInterface.php
+++ b/src/DatabaseInterface.php
@@ -296,6 +296,16 @@ public function getTableList();
      */
     public function getVersion();
 
+    /**
+     * Determine whether or not the database engine supports the ROW_NUMBER() window function.
+     *
+     * @return  boolean  True if the database engine supports supports the ROW_NUMBER()
+     *                   window function, false if not.
+     *
+     * @since   __DEPLOY_VERSION__
+     */
+    public function hasRowNumberSupport(): bool;
+
     /**
      * Determine whether or not the database engine supports UTF-8 character encoding.
      *
diff --git a/src/Mysql/MysqlDriver.php b/src/Mysql/MysqlDriver.php
index c41517d0..648ccd71 100644
--- a/src/Mysql/MysqlDriver.php
+++ b/src/Mysql/MysqlDriver.php
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ public function connect()
 
         $this->mariadb = stripos($serverVersion, 'mariadb') !== false;
 
+        // The ROW_NUMBER() window function is supported on MariaDB >= 10.2.0 and MySQL >= 8.0.0
+        $this->rownum
+            = $this->mariadb && version_compare($serverVersion, '10.2.0', '>=')
+            || !$this->mariadb && version_compare($serverVersion, '8.0.0', '>=');
+
         if ($this->utf8mb4) {
             // At this point we know the client supports utf8mb4.  Now we must check if the server supports utf8mb4 as well.
             $this->utf8mb4 = version_compare($serverVersion, '5.5.3', '>=');
diff --git a/src/Mysqli/MysqliDriver.php b/src/Mysqli/MysqliDriver.php
index 7050f7b0..eb1cfbab 100644
--- a/src/Mysqli/MysqliDriver.php
+++ b/src/Mysqli/MysqliDriver.php
@@ -314,6 +314,13 @@ public function connect()
 
         $this->mariadb = stripos($this->connection->server_info, 'mariadb') !== false;
 
+        $serverVersion = $this->getVersion();
+
+        // The ROW_NUMBER() window function is supported on MariaDB >= 10.2.0 and MySQL >= 8.0.0
+        $this->rownum
+            = $this->mariadb && version_compare($serverVersion, '10.2.0', '>=')
+            || !$this->mariadb && version_compare($serverVersion, '8.0.0', '>=');
+
         $this->utf8mb4 = $this->serverClaimsUtf8mb4Support();
 
         // Set character sets (needed for MySQL 4.1.2+ and MariaDB).
diff --git a/src/Query/MysqlQueryBuilder.php b/src/Query/MysqlQueryBuilder.php
index ef106a7a..f068007b 100644
--- a/src/Query/MysqlQueryBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Query/MysqlQueryBuilder.php
@@ -210,9 +210,18 @@ public function findInSet($value, $set)
      *
      * @since   2.0.0
      * @throws  \RuntimeException
+     *
+     * @todo  Remove this method when the database version requirements have been raised
+     *        to >= 8.0.0 for MySQL and >= 10.2.0 for MariaDB so the ROW_NUMBER() window
+     *        function can be used in any case.
      */
     public function selectRowNumber($orderBy, $orderColumnAlias)
     {
+        // Use parent method with ROW_NUMBER() window function if supported by the database engine.
+        if ($this->db->hasRowNumberSupport()) {
+            return parent::selectRowNumber($orderBy, $orderColumnAlias);
+        }
+
         $this->validateRowNumber($orderBy, $orderColumnAlias);
 
         return $this->select("(SELECT @rownum := @rownum + 1 FROM (SELECT @rownum := 0) AS r) AS $orderColumnAlias");