diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ce49aed1f81..06e13d22b20 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8380,7 +8380,7 @@ fi
 
     LIBWINE_INSTALL_LIB="libwine.so"
 
-    LIBWINE_LDFLAGS="-shared"
+    LIBWINE_LDFLAGS="-shared -Wl,-soname,libwine.so"
 
     ;;
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 019d549f13e..0a428553bc3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ case $host_os in
 
     AC_SUBST(LIBWINE_SHAREDLIB,"libwine.so")
     AC_SUBST(LIBWINE_INSTALL_LIB,"libwine.so")
-    AC_SUBST(LIBWINE_LDFLAGS,"-shared")
+    AC_SUBST(LIBWINE_LDFLAGS,["-shared -Wl,-soname,libwine.so"])
     ;;
 
   *)