diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b11264d04..6ee7ebbf9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,8 +17,15 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 1)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 9)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 4)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 6)
 
-SET(OSG_PLUGINS osgPlugins-${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION})
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION})
+
+SET(OSG_PLUGINS osgPlugins-${OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION})
+
+# We want to build SONAMES shared librariess
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SONAMES TRUE)
+SET(OPENTHREADS_SONAMES TRUE)
 
 SET(OpenThreads_SOURCE_DIR ${OpenSceneGraph_SOURCE_DIR})
 
diff --git a/CMakeModules/OsgMacroUtils.cmake b/CMakeModules/OsgMacroUtils.cmake
index e380a4934..840a11c27 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/OsgMacroUtils.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/OsgMacroUtils.cmake
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ ENDMACRO(LINK_EXTERNAL TRGTNAME)
 
 MACRO(LINK_CORELIB_DEFAULT CORELIB_NAME)
     LINK_EXTERNAL(${CORELIB_NAME} ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}) 
+    LINK_WITH_VARIABLES(${CORELIB_NAME} OPENTHREADS_LIBRARY)
+    IF(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SONAMES)
+      SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${CORELIB_NAME} PROPERTIES VERSION ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION} SOVERSION ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION})
+    ENDIF(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SONAMES)
 ENDMACRO(LINK_CORELIB_DEFAULT CORELIB_NAME)
 
 
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ MACRO(SETUP_PLUGIN PLUGIN_NAME)
         SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${TARGET_TARGETNAME} PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX "")
     ENDIF(NOT MSVC)
     SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${TARGET_TARGETNAME} PROPERTIES PROJECT_LABEL "${TARGET_LABEL}")
-
+ 
     SETUP_LINK_LIBRARIES()
 
 #the installation path are differentiated for win32 that install in bib versus other architecture that install in lib${LIB_POSTFIX}/${OSG_PLUGINS}