diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f763bec2..c458cefc4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ aws_add_sanitizers(${PROJECT_NAME})
 
 # We are not ABI stable yet
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES VERSION 1.0.0)
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES SOVERSION 1)
 
 target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC "-DAWS_USE_${EVENT_LOOP_DEFINE}")