diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ef6bfbec..2fdbec98e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ ENDIF ()
 
 # Compile and link libgit2
 ADD_LIBRARY(git2 ${SRC} ${SRC_PLAT} ${SRC_SHA1})
+SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(git2 PROPERTIES VERSION 0.0.1 SOVERSION 0)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(git2 ${ZLIB_LIBRARY} ${LIB_SHA1} ${PTHREAD_LIBRARY})
 
 # Install