diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fc14519..26ca8e6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ jsoncpp_parse_version( ${JSONCPP_VERSION} JSONCPP_VERSION )
 #IF(NOT JSONCPP_VERSION_FOUND)
 #    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to parse version string properly. Expect X.Y.Z")
 #ENDIF(NOT JSONCPP_VERSION_FOUND)
+SET( JSONCPP_SOVERSION 11 )
 SET( JSONCPP_USE_SECURE_MEMORY "0" CACHE STRING "-D...=1 to use memory-wiping allocator for STL" )
 
 MESSAGE(STATUS "JsonCpp Version: ${JSONCPP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${JSONCPP_VERSION_MINOR}.${JSONCPP_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/src/lib_json/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib_json/CMakeLists.txt
index b70c5a8..acd804b 100644
--- a/src/lib_json/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib_json/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ENDIF()
 IF(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     ADD_DEFINITIONS( -DJSON_DLL_BUILD )
     ADD_LIBRARY(jsoncpp_lib SHARED ${PUBLIC_HEADERS} ${jsoncpp_sources})
-    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( jsoncpp_lib PROPERTIES VERSION ${JSONCPP_VERSION} SOVERSION ${JSONCPP_VERSION_MAJOR})
+    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( jsoncpp_lib PROPERTIES VERSION ${JSONCPP_VERSION} SOVERSION ${JSONCPP_SOVERSION})
     SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( jsoncpp_lib PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME jsoncpp
                            DEBUG_OUTPUT_NAME jsoncpp${DEBUG_LIBNAME_SUFFIX} )
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ ENDIF()
 
 IF(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
     ADD_LIBRARY(jsoncpp_lib_static STATIC ${PUBLIC_HEADERS} ${jsoncpp_sources})
-    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( jsoncpp_lib_static PROPERTIES VERSION ${JSONCPP_VERSION} SOVERSION ${JSONCPP_VERSION_MAJOR})
+    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( jsoncpp_lib_static PROPERTIES VERSION ${JSONCPP_VERSION} SOVERSION ${JSONCPP_SOVERSION})
     SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( jsoncpp_lib_static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME jsoncpp
                            DEBUG_OUTPUT_NAME jsoncpp${DEBUG_LIBNAME_SUFFIX} )