diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebd207c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SOURCES/3.0.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/.mariadb-java-client.metadata b/.mariadb-java-client.metadata
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce61bc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mariadb-java-client.metadata
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c15d552676b833cb76e279c00ddb33969f4821ff SOURCES/3.0.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/SOURCES/remove_waffle-jna.patch b/SOURCES/remove_waffle-jna.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b162481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/remove_waffle-jna.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+Date: Thu, 6 May 2021 08:28:06 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] remove waffle-jna
+
+---
+ .../authentication/addon/gssapi/GssUtility.java | 17 +----------------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/plugin/authentication/addon/gssapi/GssUtility.java b/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/plugin/authentication/addon/gssapi/GssUtility.java
+index 5f050df..1801701 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/plugin/authentication/addon/gssapi/GssUtility.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/plugin/authentication/addon/gssapi/GssUtility.java
+@@ -9,26 +9,11 @@ import com.sun.jna.Platform;
+ public class GssUtility {
+
+ /**
+- * Get authentication method according to classpath. Windows native authentication is using
+- * Waffle-jna.
++ * Get authentication method according to classpath
+ *
+ * @return authentication method
+ */
+ public static GssapiAuth getAuthenticationMethod() {
+- try {
+- // Waffle-jna has jna as dependency, so if not available on classpath, just use standard
+- // authentication
+- if (Platform.isWindows()) {
+- try {
+- Class.forName("waffle.windows.auth.impl.WindowsAuthProviderImpl");
+- return new WindowsNativeSspiAuthentication();
+- } catch (ClassNotFoundException cle) {
+- // waffle not in the classpath
+- }
+- }
+- } catch (Throwable cle) {
+- // jna jar's are not in classpath
+- }
+ return new StandardGssapiAuthentication();
+ }
+ }
+--
+2.30.2
+
diff --git a/SPECS/mariadb-java-client.spec b/SPECS/mariadb-java-client.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33ea9db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPECS/mariadb-java-client.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+Name: mariadb-java-client
+Version: 3.0.1
+Release: 1%{?dist}
+Summary: Connects applications developed in Java to MariaDB and MySQL databases
+# added BSD license because of https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291558#c13
+License: BSD and LGPLv2+
+URL: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/about-mariadb-connector-j/
+Source0: https://github.com/MariaDB/mariadb-connector-j/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
+# optional dependency not in Fedora
+Patch0: remove_waffle-jna.patch
+
+BuildArch: noarch
+BuildRequires: maven-local
+BuildRequires: mvn(net.java.dev.jna:jna)
+BuildRequires: mvn(net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform)
+BuildRequires: mvn(com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin:replacer)
+# fedora 25
+BuildRequires: mvn(org.apache.felix:maven-bundle-plugin)
+BuildRequires: mvn(org.codehaus.mojo:build-helper-maven-plugin)
+BuildRequires: mvn(org.osgi:osgi.cmpn)
+BuildRequires: mvn(org.osgi:osgi.core)
+# Since version 2.4.0
+# removing coverage test because of dependencies
+#BuildRequires: mvn(org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin)
+# since version 1.5.2 missing optional dependency (windows)
+#BuildRequires: mvn(com.github.dblock.waffle:waffle-jna)
+
+%description
+MariaDB Connector/J is a Type 4 JDBC driver, also known as the Direct to
+Database Pure Java Driver. It was developed specifically as a lightweight
+JDBC connector for use with MySQL and MariaDB database servers.
+
+%package javadoc
+Summary: Javadoc for %{name}
+
+%description javadoc
+This package contains the API documentation for %{name}.
+
+%prep
+%setup -qn mariadb-connector-j-%{version}-beta
+
+# remove missing optional dependency waffle-jna
+%pom_remove_dep com.github.waffle:waffle-jna
+%pom_remove_dep ch.qos.logback:logback-classic
+%pom_remove_dep com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-rds
+%pom_remove_dep com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-bom
+%pom_remove_dep org.junit:junit-bom
+
+%pom_add_dep net.java.dev.jna:jna
+%pom_add_dep net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform
+%pom_add_dep org.slf4j:slf4j-api
+
+# use latest OSGi implementation
+%pom_change_dep -r :org.osgi.core org.osgi:osgi.core
+%pom_change_dep -r :org.osgi.compendium org.osgi:osgi.cmpn
+
+rm -r src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/plugin/credential/aws
+
+sed -i 's/public void close() {/public void close() throws Exception {/' src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/pool/Pool.java
+
+# also remove the file using the removed plugin
+rm -f src/main/java/org/mariadb/jdbc/plugin/authentication/addon/gssapi/WindowsNativeSspiAuthentication.java
+# patch the sources so that the missing file is not making trouble
+%patch0 -p1
+
+%mvn_file org.mariadb.jdbc:%{name} %{name}
+%mvn_alias org.mariadb.jdbc:%{name} mariadb:mariadb-connector-java
+
+%pom_remove_plugin org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin
+%pom_remove_plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-source-plugin
+%pom_remove_plugin org.sonatype.plugins:nexus-staging-maven-plugin
+%pom_remove_plugin com.coveo:fmt-maven-plugin
+%pom_remove_plugin -r :maven-gpg-plugin
+%pom_remove_plugin -r :maven-javadoc-plugin
+
+%build
+# tests are skipped, while they require running application server
+%mvn_build -f
+
+%install
+%mvn_install
+
+%files -f .mfiles
+%doc README.md
+%license LICENSE
+
+%files javadoc -f .mfiles-javadoc
+%license LICENSE
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Aug 18 2021 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj@redhat.com> - 3.0.1-1
+- Rebase to new major version 3.0.1 (it's Beta version)
+- Removed documentation/ folder, as it was removed by upstream
+
+* Mon Aug 09 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 2.7.1-5
+- Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
+ Related: rhbz#1991688
+
+* Wed Jun 30 2021 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj@redhat.com> - 2.7.1-4
+- Remove maven-javadoc-plugin dependency
+
+* Fri Apr 16 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 2.7.1-3
+- Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937
+
+* Tue Jan 26 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.7.1-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Dec 10 2020 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj@redhat.com> - 2.7.1-1
+- Rebase to version 2.7.1 (#1906291)
+
+* Fri Sep 25 2020 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj@redhat.com> - 2.7.0-1
+- Rebase to version 2.7.0 (#1882558)
+
+* Sun Aug 30 2020 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.6.2-2
+- Remove unnecessary dependency on sonatype-oss-parent.
+
+* Wed Aug 19 2020 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj@redhat.com> - 2.6.2-1
+- Rebase to version 2.6.2 (#1860212)
+
+* Tue Jul 28 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.6.1-3
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_33_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sat Jul 11 2020 Jiri Vanek <jvanek@redhat.com> - 2.6.1-2
+- Rebuilt for JDK-11, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Java11
+
+* Wed Jun 24 2020 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj@redhat.com> - 2.6.1-1
+- Rebase to version 2.6.1 (#1850111)
+
+* Mon Mar 30 2020 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 2.6.0-2
+- Remove the dependency on mariadb (#1818814)
+
+* Mon Mar 23 2020 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj@redhat.com> - 2.6.0-1
+- Rebase to version 2.6.0 (#1815696)
+
+* Thu Feb 20 2020 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj@redhat.com> - 2.5.4-1
+- Rebase to version 2.5.4 (#1752069)
+
+* Wed Feb 19 2020 Ondrej Dubaj <odubaj@redhat.com> - 2.4.3-3
+- Resolved FTBFS (#1799633)
+
+* Wed Jan 29 2020 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.3-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_32_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Sep 10 2019 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 2.4.3-1
+- Rebase to version 2.4.3
+
+* Tue Sep 10 2019 Michal Schorm <mschorm@redhat.com> - 2.4.1-3
+- Remove dependency to orphaned HikariCP
+
+* Thu Jul 25 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.1-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Mar 27 2019 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.4.1-1
+- new version
+
+* Fri Feb 01 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.4.0-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Jan 29 2019 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.4.0-1
+- new version
+
+* Mon Nov 26 2018 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.3.0-1
+- new version
+
+* Tue Aug 07 2018 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.2.6-1
+- new version
+
+* Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.5-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Jun 04 2018 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.2.5-1
+- new version
+
+* Tue May 15 2018 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.2.4-3
+- remove unused aws-java-sdk dependency
+
+* Sat May 05 2018 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.2.4-2
+- Refactor pom, add tests package
+
+* Sat May 05 2018 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.2.4-1
+- new version
+
+* Tue Mar 13 2018 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.2.3-1
+- update version
+
+* Mon Feb 26 2018 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.2.2-1
+- update version
+
+* Thu Feb 08 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.2.1-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Wed Jan 03 2018 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.2.1-1
+- Update to 2.2.1
+
+* Tue Nov 21 2017 Jakub Janco <jjanco@redhat.com> - 2.2.0-1
+- Update to 2.2.0
+
+* Tue Aug 29 2017 Tomas Repik <trepik@redhat.com> - 2.1.0-1
+- Update to 2.1.0
+
+* Wed Jul 26 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 2.0.2-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Jun 26 2017 Tomas Repik <trepik@redhat.com> - 2.0.2-1
+- version update
+
+* Fri Feb 10 2017 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.5-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Mon Nov 28 2016 Tomas Repik <trepik@redhat.com> - 1.5.5-1
+- version update
+
+* Mon Oct 03 2016 Tomas Repik <trepik@redhat.com> - 1.5.3-1
+- version update
+
+* Wed Sep 14 2016 Tomas Repik <trepik@redhat.com> - 1.5.2-1
+- version update
+
+* Tue Jun 21 2016 Tomas Repik <trepik@redhat.com> - 1.4.6-1
+- version update
+
+* Mon Apr 18 2016 Tomas Repik <trepik@redhat.com> - 1.4.2-1
+- version update
+
+* Wed Mar 23 2016 Tomas Repik <trepik@redhat.com> - 1.3.7-1
+- version update
+- BSD license added
+- cosmetic updates in prep phase
+
+* Thu Mar 10 2016 Tomas Repik <trepik@redhat.com> - 1.3.6-1
+- version update
+
+* Mon Feb 15 2016 Tomas Repik <trepik@redhat.com> - 1.3.5-1
+- version update
+
+* Wed Jan 20 2016 Tomáš Repík <trepik@redhat.com> - 1.3.3-3
+- generating OSGi manifest file with maven-bundle-plugin
+
+* Wed Dec 16 2015 Tomáš Repík <trepik@redhat.com> - 1.3.3-2
+- installing LICENSE added
+- conversion from dos to unix line encoding revised
+- unnecessary tasks removed
+
+* Wed Dec 9 2015 Tomáš Repík <trepik@redhat.com> - 1.3.3-1
+- Initial package