diff --git a/mariadb-connector-c.spec b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
index 26fb4cf..4a5807d 100644
--- a/mariadb-connector-c.spec
+++ b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           mariadb-connector-c
 Version:        3.0.2
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Release:        4%{?dist}
 Summary:        The MariaDB Native Client library (C driver)
 Group:          Applications/Databases
 License:        LGPLv2+
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mariadb/libmariadbclient.a
 rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mariadb/libmysqlclient.a
 rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mariadb/libmysqlclient_r.a
 
-
+# add compatibility symlinks
+ln -s mariadb_config %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mysql_config
+ln -s mariadb %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mysql
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -87,8 +89,10 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mariadb/libmysqlclient_r.a
 %files devel
 # program which provides info for compiling programs with this library
 %{_bindir}/mariadb_config
+%{_bindir}/mysql_config
 
 %{_libdir}/mariadb
+%{_libdir}/mysql
 %exclude %{_libdir}/mariadb/libmariadb.so.*
 %exclude %{_libdir}/mariadb/plugin
 
@@ -98,6 +102,9 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/mariadb/libmysqlclient_r.a
 %license COPYING.LIB
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 14 2017 Honza Horak <hhorak@redhat.com> - 3.0.2-4
+- Add compatibility symlinks
+
 * Thu Aug 03 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.0.2-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Binutils_Mass_Rebuild