2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 24ccaedb82..94272c5813 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ $(LIB): $(STATIC_OBJS)
 	$(AR) rc $@ $^ $(EXTRAOBJS)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
-$(SLIBNAME): $(SHARED_OBJS)
+$(SLIBNAME): $(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR)
+	ln -sf $^ $@
+
+$(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR): $(SHARED_OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(SHFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(EXTRALIBS) $(EXTRAOBJS)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_WIN32),yes)
 	-lib /machine:i386 /def:$(@:.dll=.def)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4ff62c7f97..f2b8bacd7b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ vhook="default"
 dlfcn="no"
 dlopen="no"
 mpegaudio_hp="yes"
-SHFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-soname,$@.$(LIBMAJOR)'
+SHFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-soname,$@'
 netserver="no"
 need_inet_aton="no"
 protocols="yes"
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ cygwin="yes"
 EXESUF=".exe"
 ;;
 Linux)
-LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -rdynamic"
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -rdynamic -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavcodec -Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavformat -Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavutil"
 ;;
 IRIX*)
 ranlib="echo ignoring ranlib"