--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -253,9 +253,8 @@
## The remainder of the object files
libcryptopp_la_DEPENDENCIES += $(libothers_la_OBJECTS)
-## Man, did Autotools fuck this up royally...
## https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Updating-version-info.html
-libcryptopp_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -release 8.8.0 -version-info 8:8
+libcryptopp_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -version-info 16:0:8
## Source files with special needs
libcryptlib_la_SOURCES = cryptlib.cpp