diff --git a/apache-commons-codec.spec b/apache-commons-codec.spec
index 74b8ece..905f425 100644
--- a/apache-commons-codec.spec
+++ b/apache-commons-codec.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:          apache-%{short_name}
 Version:       1.6
-Release:       4%{?dist}
+Release:       5%{?dist}
 Summary:       Implementations of common encoders and decoders
 Group:         Development/Libraries
 License:       ASL 2.0
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ mvn-rpmbuild install javadoc:javadoc
 install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}%{_javadir}
 install -p -m 644 target/%{short_name}-%{version}.jar \
   %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{short_name}.jar
+ln -sf %{short_name}.jar %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}.jar
 
 # javadocs
 install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ install -p -m 644 pom.xml %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{short_name}.pom
 %{_javadocdir}/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 17 2012 Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@redhat.com> - 1.6-5
+- Restore apache-commons-codec.jar symlink, resolves #857947
+
 * Tue Aug  7 2012 Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@redhat.com> - 1.6-4
 - Enable tests
 - Install NOTICE with javadoc package