diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmongoc b/srcpkgs/libmongoc
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..5623f965aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmongoc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mongo-c-driver
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongo-c-driver/template b/srcpkgs/mongo-c-driver/template
index 59f359864d6..1e66cf54c91 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mongo-c-driver/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mongo-c-driver/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'mongo-c-driver'
 pkgname=mongo-c-driver
 version=2.1.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_TESTS=OFF"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://mongoc.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=dfa8db7750a7b4a49c840c1319dbdf7f3b7b4583003139927de37e71b5ae043a
+provides="libmongoc-${version}_1"
+replaces="libmongoc>=0"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	echo "${version}" > VERSION_CURRENT
@@ -37,6 +39,12 @@ libbson_package() {
 	}
 }
 
+libmongoc_package() {
+	short_desc=" - transition"
+	metapackage=yes
+	depends="${sourcepkg}"
+}
+
 libbson-devel_package() {
 	short_desc="Cross Platform BSON Library for C - development files"
 	depends="libbson>=${version}_${revision}"