diff --git a/grass/include/Make/Shlib.make b/grass/include/Make/Shlib.make
index 0e12062..3cf2fb0 100644
--- a/grass/include/Make/Shlib.make
+++ b/grass/include/Make/Shlib.make
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CXXFLAGS += $(SHLIB_CFLAGS)
 LDFLAGS += $(SHLIB_LDFLAGS)
 
 $(SHLIB): $(SHLIB_OBJS)
-	$(SHLIB_LD) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LIBES) $(EXTRA_LIBS) $(MATHLIB)
+	$(SHLIB_LD) -o $@ -Wl,-soname,$(notdir $@) $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LIBES) $(EXTRA_LIBS) $(MATHLIB)
 ifndef MINGW
 	(cd $(ARCH_LIBDIR); ln -f -s $(notdir $@) $(patsubst %.$(GRASS_VERSION_NUMBER)$(SHLIB_SUFFIX),%$(SHLIB_SUFFIX),$@))
 endif