diff --git a/VERSION.cmake b/VERSION.cmake
index af8286368f..ef4b3daef2 100644
--- a/VERSION.cmake
+++ b/VERSION.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set( VERSION_MAJOR 1 )
 set( VERSION_MINOR 2 )
 set( VERSION_PATCH 1 )
-set( VERSION
-${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}pre${VERSION_SUFFIX})
+set( VERSION ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH}pre${VERSION_SUFFIX})
+set( SOVERSION 0 )
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index b7bba9d299..a37682dd49 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ endif()
 
 add_library(owncloudsync SHARED ${libsync_SRCS} ${syncMoc})
 set_target_properties( owncloudsync PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS OWNCLOUD_CLIENT)
+set_target_properties( owncloudsync  PROPERTIES
+	VERSION ${VERSION}
+	SOVERSION ${SOVERSION}
+)
 
 target_link_libraries(owncloudsync ${libsync_LINK_TARGETS} )