diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ad6a2c..f153027 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ project (libubootenv C)
 # set (libubootenv_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 # set (libubootenv_VERSION_MAJOR_VERSION_MINOR 0)
 set(VERSION	"0.3")
-SET(SOVERSION "${VERSION}")
+SET(SOVERSION "0")
 add_definitions(-DVERSION="${VERSION}")
 
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=gnu99")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e86456c..a04dd11 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SET(include_HEADERS
 include(GNUInstallDirs) # for the CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR variable
 
 add_library(ubootenv SHARED ${libubootenv_SOURCES} ${include_HEADERS})
-SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(ubootenv PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${SOVERSION})
+SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(ubootenv PROPERTIES VERSION ${VERSION} SOVERSION ${SOVERSION})
 
 ADD_LIBRARY(ubootenv_static STATIC ${libubootenv_SOURCES} ${include_HEADERS})
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(ubootenv_static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ubootenv)