diff --git a/bea-stax.spec b/bea-stax.spec
index e9eea7e..f948f0a 100644
--- a/bea-stax.spec
+++ b/bea-stax.spec
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Source2:        http://dist.codehaus.org/stax/jars/stax-api-1.0.1.pom
 Patch0:         %{name}-ecj-bootclasspath.patch
 Name:           bea-stax
 Version:        %{mainver}
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 License:        ASL 2.0
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Java
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ ant all javadoc
 # jar
 install -Dpm 0644 build/stax-api-%{apiver}.jar %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}-api.jar
 install -Dpm 0644 build/stax-%{version}-dev.jar %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}.jar
+# the following symlink can be removed once no package needs "bea-stax-ri"
+ln -s %{name}.jar %{buildroot}%{_javadir}/%{name}-ri.jar
 
 # javadoc
 install -d -m 755 %{buildroot}%{_javadocdir}/%{name}
@@ -104,9 +106,11 @@ install -Dpm 644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{name}-api.pom
 %files
 %doc ASF2.0.txt
 %{_javadir}/%{name}.jar
+%{_javadir}/%{name}-ri.jar
 %{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{name}.pom
 %{_mavendepmapfragdir}/%{name}
 
+
 %files api
 %doc ASF2.0.txt
 %{_javadir}/%{name}-api.jar
@@ -118,6 +122,9 @@ install -Dpm 644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_mavenpomdir}/JPP-%{name}-api.pom
 %doc %{_javadocdir}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Sep 29 2011 Jaromir Capik <jcapik@redhat.com> - 1.2.0-2
+- Symlink "-ri" created for backward compatibility
+
 * Thu Sep 29 2011 Jaromir Capik <jcapik@redhat.com> - 1.2.0-1
 - Update to 1.2.0
 - Introduction of POM files and depmaps