diff --git a/mariadb-connector-c.spec b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
index 0dcc6ba..a7fe044 100644
--- a/mariadb-connector-c.spec
+++ b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           mariadb-connector-c
 Version:        3.0.9
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        The MariaDB Native Client library (C driver)
 License:        LGPLv2+
 Source:         https://downloads.mariadb.org/interstitial/connector-c-%{version}/mariadb-connector-c-%{version}-src.tar.gz
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Source3:        client.cnf
 Url:            http://mariadb.org/
 # More information: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/building-connectorc-from-source/
 
+Patch1:         plugindir.patch
+
 Requires:       %{_sysconfdir}/my.cnf
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel cmake openssl-devel gcc-c++
 # Remote-IO plugin
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ and require this package, so the /etc/my.cnf file is present.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n mariadb-connector-c-%{version}-src
 
+%patch1 -p1
+
 # Remove unsused parts
 rm -r win zlib win-iconv examples
 
@@ -183,6 +187,10 @@ end
 #   https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-234
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Feb 18 2019 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 3.0.9-2
+- Fix plugindir issues
+  Resolves: #1624533
+
 * Mon Feb 18 2019 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 3.0.9-1
 - Rebase to 3.0.9
 
diff --git a/plugindir.patch b/plugindir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5ed3d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugindir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The plugins build system used different path than the mariadb_config, which resulted in plugins that
+couldn't be loaded, because they missed "/usr/" at the beginning of their path.
+
+RH bug:
+  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1624533
+Upstream Bug:
+  https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONC-383
+Upstream PR:
+  https://github.com/MariaDB/mariadb-connector-c/pull/105
+
+--- mariadb-connector-c-3.0.9-src/include/mariadb_version.h.in	2019-02-08 16:36:35.000000000 +0100
++++ mariadb-connector-c-3.0.9-src/include/mariadb_version.h.in_patched	2019-03-21 04:11:47.722080986 +0100
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+ #define MARIADB_PACKAGE_VERSION_ID @MARIADB_PACKAGE_VERSION_ID@
+ #define MARIADB_SYSTEM_TYPE "@CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME@"
+ #define MARIADB_MACHINE_TYPE "@CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR@"
+-#define MARIADB_PLUGINDIR "@PLUGINDIR@"
++#define MARIADB_PLUGINDIR "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@INSTALL_PLUGINDIR@"
+ 
+ /* mysqld compile time options */
+ #ifndef MYSQL_CHARSET