diff --git a/packages/dev-db/mysql-connector-c++/files/0001-Fix-build-with-LibreSSL.patch b/packages/dev-db/mysql-connector-c++/files/0001-Fix-build-with-LibreSSL.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e698c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dev-db/mysql-connector-c++/files/0001-Fix-build-with-LibreSSL.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From 4f94810a75ba89936c0b67ace13ff0e171f3649e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
+Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 19:13:05 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix build with LibreSSL
+
+This check is useless. If the library depends on specific
+features of SSL, it must check for those. Checking for
+version is not reliable and breaks LibreSSL compatibility.
+---
+ cdk/cmake/ssl.cmake                  | 6 +-----
+ cdk/foundation/connection_openssl.cc | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/cdk/cmake/ssl.cmake b/cdk/cmake/ssl.cmake
+index 494f0fe..1e7adca 100644
+--- a/cdk/cmake/ssl.cmake
++++ b/cdk/cmake/ssl.cmake
+@@ -251,11 +251,7 @@ function(MYSQL_CHECK_SSL)
+       return()
+     endif()
+ 
+-    if(NOT OPENSSL_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 1)
+-      message(SEND_ERROR "OpenSSL version 1.x is required but version ${OPENSSL_VERSION} was found")
+-    else()
+-      message(STATUS "Using OpenSSL version: ${OPENSSL_VERSION}")
+-    endif()
++    message(STATUS "Using OpenSSL version: ${OPENSSL_VERSION}")
+ 
+     #
+     # We assume that FindOpenSSL finds  2 libraries in this order.
+diff --git a/cdk/foundation/connection_openssl.cc b/cdk/foundation/connection_openssl.cc
+index f7fe28c..200d710 100644
+--- a/cdk/foundation/connection_openssl.cc
++++ b/cdk/foundation/connection_openssl.cc
+@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static void throw_ssl_error(SSL* tls, int err)
+   case SSL_ERROR_WANT_CONNECT:
+   case SSL_ERROR_WANT_ACCEPT:
+   case SSL_ERROR_WANT_X509_LOOKUP:
+-# if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L
++# if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L && !defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
+   case SSL_ERROR_WANT_ASYNC:
+   case SSL_ERROR_WANT_ASYNC_JOB:
+ # endif
+-- 
+2.19.0
+
diff --git a/packages/dev-db/mysql-connector-c++/files/0002-Don-t-call-ar-directly-use-CMAKE_AR.patch b/packages/dev-db/mysql-connector-c++/files/0002-Don-t-call-ar-directly-use-CMAKE_AR.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfada14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dev-db/mysql-connector-c++/files/0002-Don-t-call-ar-directly-use-CMAKE_AR.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 3594a934f7f142efeadaea41ee5be53983795899 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
+Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 19:47:03 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Don't call ar directly, use CMAKE_AR
+
+---
+ cdk/cmake/libutils/merge_archives.cmake.in | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/cdk/cmake/libutils/merge_archives.cmake.in b/cdk/cmake/libutils/merge_archives.cmake.in
+index fc58df4..e56c4b4 100644
+--- a/cdk/cmake/libutils/merge_archives.cmake.in
++++ b/cdk/cmake/libutils/merge_archives.cmake.in
+@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ else()
+       # extract object from the library ...
+ 
+       execute_process(
+-        COMMAND ar x ../lib.a ${obj}
++        COMMAND ${CMAKE_AR} x ../lib.a ${obj}
+         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${MERGELIBS_DIR}/${lib}/objs
+       )
+ 
+-- 
+2.19.0
+
diff --git a/packages/dev-db/mysql-connector-c++/mysql-connector-c++-1.1.9.exheres-0 b/packages/dev-db/mysql-connector-c++/mysql-connector-c++-8.0.12.exheres-0
similarity index 61%
rename from packages/dev-db/mysql-connector-c++/mysql-connector-c++-1.1.9.exheres-0
rename to packages/dev-db/mysql-connector-c++/mysql-connector-c++-8.0.12.exheres-0
index 9189860..6527d6e 100644
--- a/packages/dev-db/mysql-connector-c++/mysql-connector-c++-1.1.9.exheres-0
+++ b/packages/dev-db/mysql-connector-c++/mysql-connector-c++-8.0.12.exheres-0
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # Copyright 2017 Julian Ospald <hasufell@posteo.de>
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+CMAKE_SOURCE=${WORK}-src
+
 require cmake [ api=2 ]
 
 SUMMARY="MySQL database connector for C++ (mimics JDBC 4.0 API)"
 HOMEPAGE="http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/cpp/"
-DOWNLOADS="https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-C++/${PNV}.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOADS="https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-C++/${PNV}-src.tar.gz"
 
 LICENCES="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
@@ -25,26 +27,27 @@ DEPENDENCIES="
 
 BUGS_TO="hasufell@posteo.de"
 
+DEFAULT_SRC_PREPARE_PATCHES=(
+    "${FILES}"/0001-Fix-build-with-LibreSSL.patch
+    "${FILES}"/0002-Don-t-call-ar-directly-use-CMAKE_AR.patch
+)
+
 src_configure() {
     CMAKE_SRC_CONFIGURE_PARAMS=(
-        -DINSTALL_DOCS="/usr/share/doc/${PNVR}"
-        -DMYSQLCPPCONN_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
-        -DMYSQLCPPCONN_ICU_ENABLE=OFF
-        -DMYSQL_CXX_LINKAGE=0
-        -DMYSQL_INCLUDE_DIR="$(mysql_config --variable=pkgincludedir)"
-        -DUSE_MYSQLCPPCONN_GCOV_ENABLE=OFF
-        -DUSE_MYSQLCPPCONN_TRACE_ENABLE=OFF
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+        -DINSTALL_DOC_DIR="/usr/share/doc/${PNVR}"
+        -DINSTALL_LIB_DIR="lib"
+        -DWITH_JDBC=ON
     )
 
     cmake_src_configure
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
-    edo sed -i \
-            -e '/ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(test/d' \
-            -e 's#DOC_DESTINATION "."#DOC_DESTINATION ${INSTALL_DOCS}#' \
-            "${CMAKE_SOURCE}"/CMakeLists.txt
-
     cmake_src_prepare
 }
 
+src_install() {
+    cmake_src_install
+    edo rm "${IMAGE}"/usr/$(exhost --target)/BUILDINFO.txt
+}