diff --git a/macros.mariadb-test b/macros.mariadb-test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caecef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/macros.mariadb-test
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+%__mysql_test_run_dir  /tmp/mysql
+%__mysql_test_user     abuild
+%__mysql_test_pass     abuildpw
+%__mysql_test_cconf    abuild-myclient.cnf
+%__mysql_test_port     63306
+
+#
+# macro: mysql_testserver_start -- start a test mysqld instance
+#
+#        usage: %mysql_test_start -u <user> -p <password> -t <port>
+#
+
+%mysql_testserver_start(u:p:t:) \
+TEST_RUN_DIR=%{__mysql_test_run_dir} \
+TEST_USER="%{-u:%{-u*}}" \
+if [ -z "$TEST_USER" ]; then \
+  TEST_USER='%{__mysql_test_user}' \
+fi \
+TEST_PASS="%{-p:%{-p*}}" \
+if [ -z "$TEST_PASS" ]; then \
+  TEST_PASS='%{__mysql_test_pass}' \
+fi \
+TEST_PORT="%{-t:%{-t*}}" \
+if [ -z "$TEST_PORT" ]; then \
+  TEST_PORT='%{__mysql_test_port}' \
+fi \
+\
+[ -d $TEST_RUN_DIR ] && rm -r $TEST_RUN_DIR \
+mkdir -p $TEST_RUN_DIR/datadir{,-private} \
+\
+cat << EOF > $TEST_RUN_DIR/my.cnf \
+[client] \
+socket = $TEST_RUN_DIR/mysql.sock \
+port   = $TEST_PORT \
+[mysqld] \
+user             = $TEST_USER \
+log-error        = $TEST_RUN_DIR/mysqld.log \
+secure_file_priv = $TEST_RUN_DIR/datadir-private \
+datadir          = $TEST_RUN_DIR/datadir \
+server-id        = 1 \
+socket           = $TEST_RUN_DIR/mysql.sock \
+port             = $TEST_PORT \
+sql_mode         = '' \
+EOF\
+\
+echo '>>> Initializing databases' \
+mysql_install_db --defaults-file=$TEST_RUN_DIR/my.cnf \
+\
+echo '>>> Invoking mysqld' \
+/usr/sbin/mysqld --defaults-file=$TEST_RUN_DIR/my.cnf& \
+sleep 2 \
+\
+echo '>>> Creating authentication database' \
+mysqladmin       --defaults-file=$TEST_RUN_DIR/my.cnf --user root password 'roots_secret' \
+mysqladmin       --defaults-file=$TEST_RUN_DIR/my.cnf --user root --password='roots_secret' create testhat \
+mysql --defaults-file=$TEST_RUN_DIR/my.cnf --user root --password='roots_secret' -e "CREATE USER '$TEST_USER'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$TEST_PASS'" \
+mysql --defaults-file=$TEST_RUN_DIR/my.cnf --user root --password='roots_secret' -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO '$TEST_USER'@'localhost'" \
+mysql --defaults-file=$TEST_RUN_DIR/my.cnf --user root --password='roots_secret' -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES" \
+%nil
+
+#
+# macro mysql_testserver_cconf -- generate client access conf
+#
+
+%mysql_testserver_cconf(n:t:) \
+TEST_RUN_DIR=%{__mysql_test_run_dir} \
+TEST_CCONF="%{-n:%{-n*}}" \
+if [ -z "$TEST_CCONF" ]; then \
+  TEST_CCONF='%{__mysql_test_cconf}' \
+fi \
+TEST_PORT="%{-t:%{-t*}}" \
+if [ -z "$TEST_PORT" ]; then \
+  TEST_PORT='%{__mysql_test_port}' \
+fi \
+cat << EOF > $TEST_CCONF \
+[client] \
+user     = abuild \
+password = abuildpw \
+database = test \
+socket   = $TEST_RUN_DIR/mysql.sock \
+port     = $TEST_PORT \
+EOF\
+%nil
+
+#
+# macro: mysql_testserver_stop -- start a test mysqld instance
+#
+#        usage: %mysql_test_stop
+#
+
+%mysql_testserver_stop() \
+TEST_RUN_DIR=%{__mysql_test_run_dir} \
+echo '>>> Shutting the mysql server down' \
+cat << EOF > $TEST_RUN_DIR/shutdown.sql \
+SHUTDOWN; \
+EOF\
+mysql       --defaults-file=$TEST_RUN_DIR/my.cnf --user root --password='roots_secret' < $TEST_RUN_DIR/shutdown.sql \
+%nil
+
diff --git a/mariadb.changes b/mariadb.changes
index d0618e0..334d2c9 100644
--- a/mariadb.changes
+++ b/mariadb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec  5 10:41:56 UTC 2019 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- added rpm test macros: %mysql_testserver_start,
+  %mysql_testserver_cconf, %mysql_testserver_stop
+  First two consuments are python-sortinghat and python-mysqlclient.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 19 17:16:49 UTC 2019 - Kristyna Streitova <kstreitova@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/mariadb.spec b/mariadb.spec
index 2cc885e..64860ad 100644
--- a/mariadb.spec
+++ b/mariadb.spec
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Source15:       mariadb.service
 Source16:       mariadb.target
 Source17:       mysql-systemd-helper
 Source18:       mariadb@.service
+Source19:       macros.mariadb-test
 Source50:       suse_skipped_tests.list
 Patch1:         mariadb-10.2.4-logrotate.patch
 Patch3:         mariadb-10.1.1-mysqld_multi-features.patch
@@ -214,6 +215,13 @@ Obsoletes:      libmysqld-devel < %{version}-%{release}
 This package contains the development header files and libraries
 for developing applications that embed the MariaDB.
 
+%package rpm-macros
+Summary:        MariaDB RPM macros
+Requires:       %{name}
+
+%description rpm-macros
+Provides macros usable in rpm spec files.
+
 %package client
 Summary:        Client for MariaDB
 Group:          Productivity/Databases/Clients
@@ -651,6 +659,11 @@ rm -rf '%{buildroot}'%{_datadir}/mysql/{solaris,SELinux}
 # Create the directory specified in 'secure-file-priv' option
 mkdir -p '%{buildroot}'%{_localstatedir}/lib/mysql-files
 
+# install rpm macros file
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d
+install -m 644 %{SOURCE19} %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d
+
+
 %check
 cd build
 
@@ -815,6 +828,10 @@ exit 0
 %{_datadir}/mysql/systemd/mariadb.service
 %{_datadir}/mysql/systemd/mariadb@.service
 
+%files rpm-macros
+%dir %{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d
+%{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.mariadb-test
+
 %files -n libmariadbd%{soname}
 %{_libdir}/libmariadbd.so.*