diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b1051fda593a5e991ec7410fe1b9943d6de51a43..04d31b875e65842f9c291cd5eaf8332bf96b1e28 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libopendht.la
 
 libopendht_la_CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@ -I$(top_srcdir)/include/opendht @Argon2_CFLAGS@ @JsonCpp_CFLAGS@ @MsgPack_CFLAGS@
 libopendht_la_LIBADD   = @Argon2_LIBS@ @JsonCpp_LIBS@ @GnuTLS_LIBS@ @Nettle_LIBS@
-libopendht_la_LDFLAGS  = @LDFLAGS@ @Argon2_LDFLAGS@
+libopendht_la_LDFLAGS  = @LDFLAGS@ @Argon2_LDFLAGS@ -version-number @OPENDHT_MAJOR_VERSION@:@OPENDHT_MINOR_VERSION@:@OPENDHT_PATCH_VERSION@
 libopendht_la_SOURCES  = \
         dht.cpp \
         storage.h \