diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f30f5b7a97..ede67dcc10 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ get_version ( "1.0.0" )
 set ( BUILD_VERSION_MAJOR ${VERSION_MAJOR} )
 set ( BUILD_VERSION_MINOR ${VERSION_MINOR} )
 set ( BUILD_VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_PATCH} )
-set ( LIB_VERSION_STRING "${BUILD_VERSION_MAJOR}.${BUILD_VERSION_MINOR}.${BUILD_VERSION_PATCH}" )
+
+set ( LIB_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
+set ( LIB_VERSION_MINOR 0)
+set ( LIB_VERSION_PATCH 6)
+set ( LIB_VERSION_STRING "${LIB_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LIB_VERSION_MINOR}.${LIB_VERSION_PATCH}" )
 
 if ( DEFINED VERSION_BUILD AND NOT ${VERSION_BUILD} STREQUAL "" )
     message ( "VERSION BUILD DEFINED ${VERSION_BUILD}" )
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ endif ()
 set ( HSAKMT_LINKER_SCRIPT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/libhsakmt.ver" )
 
 ## Linker Flags
-set ( CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script=${HSAKMT_LINKER_SCRIPT} -Wl,-soname=${HSAKMT_COMPONENT}.so.$(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR) -Wl,-z,nodelete -Wl,-no-undefined" )
+set ( CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script=${HSAKMT_LINKER_SCRIPT} -Wl,-soname=${HSAKMT_COMPONENT}.so.${LIB_VERSION_MAJOR} -Wl,-z,nodelete -Wl,-no-undefined" )
 
 ## Source files
 set ( HSAKMT_SRC "src/debug.c"
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ add_library ( ${HSAKMT_TARGET} SHARED ${HSAKMT_SRC} )
 
 ## Set the VERSION and SOVERSION values
 set_property ( TARGET ${HSAKMT_TARGET} PROPERTY VERSION "${LIB_VERSION_STRING}" )
-set_property ( TARGET ${HSAKMT_TARGET} PROPERTY SOVERSION "${BUILD_VERSION_MAJOR}" )
+set_property ( TARGET ${HSAKMT_TARGET} PROPERTY SOVERSION "${LIB_VERSION_MAJOR}" )
 
 find_package(PkgConfig)
 pkg_check_modules(PC_LIBPCI REQUIRED libpci)