diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f0f02c89..a563ebd23 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,10 +62,12 @@ ENDIF()
 
 # base string used in release and unstable builds
 SET( TOMAHAWK_VERSION ${TOMAHAWK_VERSION_MAJOR}.${TOMAHAWK_VERSION_MINOR}.${TOMAHAWK_VERSION_PATCH} )
+SET(TOMAHAWK_VERSION_SHORT "${TOMAHAWK_VERSION}")
 IF( TOMAHAWK_VERSION_RC )
   SET( TOMAHAWK_VERSION ${TOMAHAWK_VERSION}rc${TOMAHAWK_VERSION_RC} )
 ENDIF()
 
+
 # additional info for non-release builds
 IF( NOT BUILD_RELEASE AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git/" )
     INCLUDE( CMakeDateStamp )
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libtomahawk/CMakeLists.txt
index 4aec4e9e9..fe54f76c8 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -429,7 +429,15 @@ qt_wrap_ui(libUI_H ${libUI})
 SET( libSources ${libSources} ${libUI_H} )
 
 add_library( tomahawklib SHARED ${libSources})
-set_target_properties(tomahawklib PROPERTIES AUTOMOC TRUE)
+set_target_properties(
+    tomahawklib
+        PROPERTIES
+            AUTOMOC TRUE
+            VERSION ${TOMAHAWK_VERSION_SHORT}
+            SOVERSION ${TOMAHAWK_VERSION_SHORT}
+)
+
+
 qt5_use_modules(tomahawklib Widgets Network Sql WebKitWidgets Concurrent Xml UiTools Svg)
 
 IF(QCA2_FOUND)