diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index b9930e5..7e3fb35 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(
 )
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
 
-LIBBSD_ABI_MAJOR=0
-LIBBSD_ABI_MINOR=11
-LIBBSD_ABI_PATCH=8
+SOVERSION_MAJOR=0
+SOVERSION_MINOR=11
+SOVERSION_PATCH=8
 
-LIBBSD_ABI="$LIBBSD_ABI_MAJOR:$LIBBSD_ABI_MINOR:$LIBBSD_ABI_PATCH"
-AC_SUBST([LIBBSD_ABI])
+SOVERSION="$SOVERSION_MAJOR:$SOVERSION_MINOR:$SOVERSION_PATCH"
+AC_SUBST([SOVERSION])
 
 # Check and store if we got user supplied variables
 user_CFLAGS=${CFLAGS-unset}
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 060e360..67a01df 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ libbsd_la_LIBADD = \
 	# EOL
 libbsd_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	-no-undefined \
-	-version-number $(LIBBSD_ABI) \
+	-version-number $(SOVERSION) \
 	# EOL
 if HAVE_LINKER_VERSION_SCRIPT
 libbsd_la_LDFLAGS += \