--- Makefile.in	2007-04-15 11:11:51.000000000 +0200
+++ Makefile.in	2007-04-15 11:11:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
 lib/libpvfs2.so: $(LIBPICOBJS)
 	$(Q) "  LDSO		$@"
 	$(E)$(INSTALL) -d lib
-	$(E)$(LDSHARED) -o $@ $(LIBPICOBJS)
+	$(E)$(LDSHARED) -Wl,-soname,libpvfs2.so -o $@ $(LIBPICOBJS)
 
 # rule for building the pvfs2 _multithreaded_ library
 lib/libpvfs2-threaded.so: $(LIBTHREADEDPICOBJS)