diff -Nru a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2015-11-26 23:03:52.000000000 +0100
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2016-05-07 17:14:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 target_link_libraries(evhtp ${LIBEVHTP_EXTERNAL_LIBS})
 
 if (EVHTP_BUILD_SHARED)
-		set_target_properties(evhtp PROPERTIES SOVERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+		set_target_properties(evhtp PROPERTIES VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}" SOVERSION "${PROJECT_MAJOR_VERSION}")
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(tools)
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/evhtp.pc @ONLY)
 
 install(FILES       "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/evhtp.pc"
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig")
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
 
 # add_definitions() calls do not show up in the C_FLAGS var
 # it is instead a property of COMPILE_DEFINITIONS.