diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9bd358111..415a66f73 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/libkmime \
 	$(all_includes)
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libkmailprivate.la
-libkmailprivate_la_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries) -version-info 0:0:0 -no-undefined
+libkmailprivate_la_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries) -avoid-version -no-undefined
 libkmailprivate_la_LIBADD  = $(LIB_KHTML) $(LIB_KSPELL) $(LIB_KABC) \
 	../libkmime/libkmime.la ../libkpgp/libkpgp.la ../libkdepim/libkdepim.la \
 	../libkpimidentities/libkpimidentities.la ../mimelib/libmimelib.la \
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ libkmailprivate_la_LIBADD  = $(LIB_KHTML) $(LIB_KSPELL) $(LIB_KABC) \
 	../libkcal/libkcal.la
 
 kde_module_LTLIBRARIES = kcm_kmail.la libkmailpart.la libkmail_bodypartformatter_application_octetstream.la
-libkmailpart_la_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries) $(KDE_RPATH) -version-info 1:0 -no-undefined
+libkmailpart_la_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries) $(KDE_RPATH) -module -avoid-version -no-undefined
 libkmailpart_la_LIBADD	= libkmailprivate.la
 
 kcm_kmail_la_SOURCES = kcm_kmail.cpp