diff --git a/mariadb-connector-c.changes b/mariadb-connector-c.changes
index 167cb48..8b88b02 100644
--- a/mariadb-connector-c.changes
+++ b/mariadb-connector-c.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 25 11:15:04 UTC 2022 - Callum Farmer <gmbr3@opensuse.org>
+
+- Add pkgconfig compatibility symlink for mysqlclient
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 24 14:05:48 UTC 2022 - Danilo Spinella <danilo.spinella@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/mariadb-connector-c.spec b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
index f76acad..e6a11d3 100644
--- a/mariadb-connector-c.spec
+++ b/mariadb-connector-c.spec
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libmariadb.a
 # add a compatibility symlinks
 ln -s mariadb_config %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/mysql_config
 ln -s mariadb_version.h %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/mysql/mysql_version.h
+ln -s libmariadb.pc %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/mysqlclient.pc
 
 ln -s %{_includedir}/mysql %{buildroot}%{_includedir}/mariadb
 
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ install -Dpm 0644 build/include/ma_config.h \
 %{_includedir}/mysql/*
 %{_includedir}/mariadb
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libmariadb.pc
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/mysqlclient.pc
 %{_libdir}/libmariadb.so
 %{_libdir}/libmysqlclient.so
 %{_libdir}/libmysqlclient_r.so