diff --git a/mariadb-connector-c.spec b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
index ce2bcbb..52cea46 100644
--- a/mariadb-connector-c.spec
+++ b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           mariadb-connector-c
 Version:        3.0.2
-Release:        7%{?dist}
+Release:        8%{?dist}
 Summary:        The MariaDB Native Client library (C driver)
 Group:          Applications/Databases
 License:        LGPLv2+
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mariadb/libmysqlclient_r.a
 
 # add a compatibility symlink
 ln -s mariadb_config %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mysql_config
+ln -s mariadb %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mysql
+ln -s mariadb_version.h %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/mysql_version.h
 
 # move header files to the same location, as they would be in mariadb-server (10.2.8)
 # which means from /usr/include to /usr/include/mysql
@@ -91,7 +93,8 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/temporary %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/mysql
 
 %files
 %{_libdir}/mariadb/libmariadb.so.*
-%{_libdir}/mariadb/plugin
+%dir %{_libdir}/mariadb/plugin
+%{_libdir}/mariadb/plugin/*
 
 # fix of RPATH. If there is a set config file, libdir/mariadb/ is added to search for libraries
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/ld.so.conf.d
@@ -102,11 +105,12 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/temporary %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/mysql
 
 
 %files devel
-# program which provides info for compiling programs with this library
+# program which provides compiler info for programs compiling with this library
 %{_bindir}/mariadb_config
 %{_bindir}/mysql_config
 
 %dir %{_libdir}/mariadb
+%{_libdir}/mysql
 %{_libdir}/mariadb/libmariadb.so
 %{_libdir}/mariadb/libmysqlclient.so
 %{_libdir}/mariadb/libmysqlclient_r.so
@@ -117,6 +121,9 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/temporary %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/mysql
 %license COPYING.LIB
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Sep 20 2017 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 3.0.2-8
+- Add symlinks so more packages will build succesfully
+
 * Wed Sep 13 2017 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 3.0.2-7
 - Move header files to the same location, as they would be in mariadb-server
 - Add provides "libmysqlclient.so"