diff --git a/cmake/Macros.cmake b/cmake/Macros.cmake
index 80b7d766a..4c3ed3428 100644
--- a/cmake/Macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Macros.cmake
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ macro(sfml_add_library target)
     # set the version and soversion of the target (for compatible systems -- mostly Linuxes)
     # except for Android which strips soversion suffixes
     if(NOT SFML_OS_ANDROID)
-        set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH})
+        set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR})
         set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES VERSION ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH})
     endif()