diff --git a/mariadb-connector-c.spec b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
index 52cea46..764f5ab 100644
--- a/mariadb-connector-c.spec
+++ b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           mariadb-connector-c
 Version:        3.0.2
-Release:        8%{?dist}
+Release:        9%{?dist}
 Summary:        The MariaDB Native Client library (C driver)
 Group:          Applications/Databases
 License:        LGPLv2+
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ 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
+
+mv %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mariadb %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mysql
+ln -s mysql %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mariadb
 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)
@@ -92,9 +94,9 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/temporary %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/mysql
 
 
 %files
-%{_libdir}/mariadb/libmariadb.so.*
-%dir %{_libdir}/mariadb/plugin
-%{_libdir}/mariadb/plugin/*
+%{_libdir}/mysql/libmariadb.so.*
+%dir %{_libdir}/mysql/plugin
+%{_libdir}/mysql/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
@@ -109,11 +111,11 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/temporary %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/mysql
 %{_bindir}/mariadb_config
 %{_bindir}/mysql_config
 
-%dir %{_libdir}/mariadb
-%{_libdir}/mysql
-%{_libdir}/mariadb/libmariadb.so
-%{_libdir}/mariadb/libmysqlclient.so
-%{_libdir}/mariadb/libmysqlclient_r.so
+%dir %{_libdir}/mysql
+%{_libdir}/mariadb
+%{_libdir}/mysql/libmariadb.so
+%{_libdir}/mysql/libmysqlclient.so
+%{_libdir}/mysql/libmysqlclient_r.so
 
 # header files
 %{_includedir}/*
@@ -121,8 +123,10 @@ mv %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/temporary %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/mysql
 %license COPYING.LIB
 
 %changelog
-* Wed Sep 20 2017 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 3.0.2-8
+* Wed Sep 20 2017 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 3.0.2-9
 - Add symlinks so more packages will build succesfully
+- Change libdir from .../lib64/mariadb to mysql
+  Related: #1497234
 
 * 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