diff --git a/src/openalpr/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openalpr/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d7330c..82bb7ab 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openalpr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ add_subdirectory(support)
 add_library(openalpr-static 	STATIC ${lpr_source_files} )
 add_library(openalpr 		SHARED ${lpr_source_files} )
 
-set_target_properties(openalpr PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${OPENALPR_VERSION})
+set_target_properties(openalpr PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${OPENALPR_MAJOR_VERSION})
 
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(openalpr
 	  support