diff --git a/gflags-0001-Set-VERSION-property-of-library-targets-to-major.patch b/gflags-0001-Set-VERSION-property-of-library-targets-to-major.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a204d8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gflags-0001-Set-VERSION-property-of-library-targets-to-major.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From bf889786c2a3a2dab89610d0722634d2eedfc694 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Andreas Schuh <andreas.schuh.84@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 20:16:16 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Set VERSION property of library targets to <major>.<minor>.
+
+---
+ CMakeLists.txt | 5 +++++
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index a4d0f07..7f65563 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ version_numbers (
+     PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH
+ )
+ 
++set (PACKAGE_SOVERSION "${PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}")
++
+ # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # options
+ set (GFLAGS_NAMESPACE   "${PACKAGE_NAME}" CACHE STRING "C++ namespace identifier of gflags library.")
+@@ -257,6 +259,9 @@ foreach (TYPE IN ITEMS STATIC SHARED)
+         set_target_properties (
+           gflags${opts}-${type} PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${defines}"
+                                            OUTPUT_NAME "gflags${opts}"
++                                           # Set VERSION instead of SOVERSION such
++                                           # that it is also used on Windows
++                                           VERSION "${PACKAGE_SOVERSION}"
+         )
+         if (HAVE_SHLWAPI_H)
+           target_link_libraries (gflags${opts}-${type} shlwapi.lib)
+-- 
+1.9.0
+
diff --git a/gflags.spec b/gflags.spec
index afe807b..f132039 100644
--- a/gflags.spec
+++ b/gflags.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           gflags
 Version:        2.1.1
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Library for commandline flag processing
 
 Group:          Development/Tools
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ License:        BSD
 URL:            http://code.google.com/p/%{name}
 Source0:        http://github.com/schuhschuh/%{name}/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         gflags-0001-cmake-append-LIB_SUFFIX-to-LIBRARY_INSTALL_DIR.patch
+Patch1:         gflags-0001-Set-VERSION-property-of-library-targets-to-major.patch
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools-devel
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ This package contains development files for %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1 -b .lib_suffix
+%patch1 -p1 -b .lib_version
 
 %build
 %cmake -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON .
@@ -50,17 +52,22 @@ ctest
 %files
 %doc ChangeLog.txt README.txt COPYING.txt AUTHORS.txt
 %{_bindir}/gflags_completions.sh
-%{_libdir}/libgflags.so
-%{_libdir}/libgflags_nothreads.so
+%{_libdir}/libgflags.so.*
+%{_libdir}/libgflags_nothreads.so.*
 
 %files devel
 %doc doc/designstyle.css doc/gflags.html
 %dir %{_includedir}/%{name}
 %{_includedir}/%{name}/*.h
+%{_libdir}/libgflags.so
+%{_libdir}/libgflags_nothreads.so
 %dir %{_libdir}/cmake
 %{_libdir}/cmake/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 01 2014 ivaxer@gmail.com - 2.1.1-3
+- Add patch (from upstream) for shared library versining.
+
 * Wed Apr 30 2014 John Khvatov <ivaxer@fedoraproject.org> - 2.1.1-2
 - Enable test suite
 - Update SourceURL (upstream moved to github)