diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index fd75d46b..903f606f 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ PROJECT_STEM           = $(PROJECT)-$(DIST_VERSION)
 CVS_ROOT_DIR           = $(shell test -d CVS && pwd | sed -e "s%`cat CVS/Repository`%%; s%/$$%%")
 REV_SUBDIRS            = $(shell echo $(SUBDIRS) | awk '{for (i=NF; i>=1; i--) printf ("%s ",$$i)}')
 
+BINARY_VERSION         = $(shell echo $(PROJECT)_$(VERSION) | tr [a-z] [A-Z] | sed 's/-[0-9]*$$//') 
 FTP_PCKG_DIR     = /pub/packages
 JANNET_PROJ_DIR  = rsync_ssh://ftp.jannet.de:/home/ftp/dat$(FTP_PCKG_DIR)
 
diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index c97c03b7..9d78fc55 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@ lib%.so: %.o
 endif
 	$(CC) $< $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
-$(LIB_SO): $(LIB_A)
-	$(CC) -shared -Wl,--whole-archive,-soname=$(notdir $@) $< -Wl,--no-whole-archive \
+version.ldscript:
+	$(MOD_SCRIPT_DIR)/make_version_script.sh $(BINARY_VERSION) > $@
+
+$(LIB_SO): version.ldscript $(LIB_A)
+	$(CC) -shared -Wl,--whole-archive,-soname=$(notdir $@) $(filter-out version.ldscript, $<) \
+		 -Wl,--no-whole-archive -Wl,--version-script=version.ldscript \
 		$(filter-out -l$(LIBNAME),$(LDFLAGS)) -o $@
 
 $(TOPDIR)/include: