diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b2d05f2..90dbf63 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /qtbase-opensource-src-5.9.1.tar.xz
 /0086-Fix-detection-of-AT-SPI.patch
+/0502-Only-call-mysql_library_end-once-when-using-MariaDB.patch
diff --git a/qt5-qtbase.spec b/qt5-qtbase.spec
index 9eb56b4..478b124 100644
--- a/qt5-qtbase.spec
+++ b/qt5-qtbase.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 %global multilib_basearchs x86_64 %{?mips64} ppc64 s390x sparc64
 
 # support openssl-1.1
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 26
 %global openssl11 1
+%endif
 %global openssl -openssl-linked
 
 # support qtchooser (adds qtchooser .conf file)
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libsystemd)
 Name:    qt5-qtbase
 Summary: Qt5 - QtBase components
 Version: 5.9.1
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 
 # See LGPL_EXCEPTIONS.txt, for exception details
 License: LGPLv2 with exceptions or GPLv3 with exceptions
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ Patch65: qtbase-opensource-src-5.9.0-mysql.patch
 
 ## upstream patches (5.9 branch)
 Patch486: 0086-Fix-detection-of-AT-SPI.patch
+Patch902: 0502-Only-call-mysql_library_end-once-when-using-MariaDB.patch
 
 # Do not check any files in %%{_qt5_plugindir}/platformthemes/ for requires.
 # Those themes are there for platform integration. If the required libraries are
@@ -284,7 +287,11 @@ Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %package mysql
 Summary: MySQL driver for Qt5's SQL classes
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 27
+BuildRequires: mariadb-connector-c-devel
+%else
 BuildRequires: mysql-devel
+%endif
 Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 %description mysql
 %{summary}.
@@ -958,6 +965,11 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 25 2017 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 5.9.1-6
+- enable openssl11 support only for f27+ (for now)
+- Use mariadb-connector-c-devel, f28+ (#1493909)
+- Backport upstream mariadb patch
+
 * Wed Aug 02 2017 Than Ngo <than@redhat.com> - 5.9.1-5
 - added privat headers for Qt5 Xcb
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 33d24a4..1629ab8 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 SHA512 (qtbase-opensource-src-5.9.1.tar.xz) = b384e91b3fd88b2f32e826e3dd1c930213683a0fdbfd284a319204fa8d27c796b54324cf4a715f6bebd92fca6426e37cf0be5866fc1f6053b8758570ddb2fa45
 SHA512 (0086-Fix-detection-of-AT-SPI.patch) = f78f481369e4b68400ae122a7cf4d20030ee8ea89ea211f98f5ffa895d449acd9a7207d3b010e927a7a33d644eab90e1d5bb951d71e1a5b1a11f4ac1a0241bce
+SHA512 (0502-Only-call-mysql_library_end-once-when-using-MariaDB.patch) = 10d94b35e2f750230772bd9b6f8c8e4d6c9ca4308537aabf3cbca9cebb1941acc9a915896b65f16815cac739c53f0f061812cbd97993a25f71a98bb06bd0c571