diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d013a1c..c9de4d4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ installwww: www
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0444 lowdown.tar.gz $(WWWDIR)/snapshots
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0444 lowdown.tar.gz.sha512 $(WWWDIR)/snapshots
 
-lowdown: liblowdown.a main.o
-	$(CC) -o $@ main.o liblowdown.a $(LDFLAGS) $(LDADD_MD5) -lm
+lowdown: liblowdown.so main.o
+	$(CC) -o $@ main.o -L. -llowdown $(LDFLAGS) $(LDADD_MD5) -lm
 
 lowdown-diff: lowdown
 	ln -f lowdown lowdown-diff
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ liblowdown.a: $(OBJS) $(COMPAT_OBJS)
 
 
 liblowdown.so: $(OBJS) $(COMPAT_OBJS)
-	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $(OBJS) $(COMPAT_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(CC) -shared -o $@.1 $(OBJS) $(COMPAT_OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,$@.1
+	ln -s $@.1 $@
 
 install: all
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ install: all
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) lowdown $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) lowdown-diff $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_LIB) liblowdown.so $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
+	$(INSTALL_LIB) liblowdown.so.1 $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) lowdown.h $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)
 	for f in $(MANS) ; do \
 		name=`basename $$f .html` ; \
@@ -271,7 +273,7 @@ main.o: lowdown.h
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(OBJS) $(COMPAT_OBJS) main.o
-	rm -f lowdown lowdown-diff liblowdown.a liblowdown.so lowdown.pc
+	rm -f lowdown lowdown-diff liblowdown.a liblowdown.so liblowdown.so.1 lowdown.pc
 	rm -f index.xml diff.xml diff.diff.xml README.xml lowdown.tar.gz.sha512 lowdown.tar.gz
 	rm -f $(PDFS) $(HTMLS) $(THUMBS)
 	rm -f index.latex.aux index.latex.latex index.latex.log index.latex.out