diff --git a/libvncserver-0.9.11-soname.patch b/libvncserver-0.9.11-soname.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b45b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libvncserver-0.9.11-soname.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff -up libvncserver-LibVNCServer-0.9.11/libvncclient/Makefile.am.soname libvncserver-LibVNCServer-0.9.11/libvncclient/Makefile.am
+--- libvncserver-LibVNCServer-0.9.11/libvncclient/Makefile.am.soname	2017-05-16 10:21:51.500768946 -0500
++++ libvncserver-LibVNCServer-0.9.11/libvncclient/Makefile.am	2017-05-17 11:26:44.383312391 -0500
+@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ EXTRA_DIST=corre.c hextile.c rre.c tight
+ $(libvncclient_la_OBJECTS): ../rfb/rfbclient.h
+ 
+ lib_LTLIBRARIES=libvncclient.la
+-libvncclient_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 1:0:0
++libvncclient_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 0:0:0
+ 
+diff -up libvncserver-LibVNCServer-0.9.11/libvncserver/Makefile.am.soname libvncserver-LibVNCServer-0.9.11/libvncserver/Makefile.am
+--- libvncserver-LibVNCServer-0.9.11/libvncserver/Makefile.am.soname	2017-05-16 10:21:51.500768946 -0500
++++ libvncserver-LibVNCServer-0.9.11/libvncserver/Makefile.am	2017-05-17 11:27:02.259459683 -0500
+@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ libvncserver_la_LIBADD += $(LIBSYSTEMD_L
+ endif
+ 
+ lib_LTLIBRARIES=libvncserver.la
+-libvncserver_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 1:0:0
++libvncserver_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 0:0:0
+ 
+ if HAVE_RPM
+ $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION).tar.gz: dist
diff --git a/libvncserver.spec b/libvncserver.spec
index 6063b3d..61ab9f4 100644
--- a/libvncserver.spec
+++ b/libvncserver.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:    Library to make writing a VNC server easy
 Name:       libvncserver
 Version:    0.9.11
-Release:    2%{?dist}
+Release:    2%{?dist}.1
 
 # NOTE: --with-filetransfer => GPLv2
 License:    GPLv2+
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Patch4: 0040-Ensure-compatibility-with-gtk-vnc-0.7.0.patch
 Patch100:     libvncserver-0.9.11-system_minilzo.patch
 Patch101:     libvncserver-0.9.1-multilib.patch
 Patch102:     LibVNCServer-0.9.10-system-crypto-policy.patch
+# revert soname bump
+Patch103:     libvncserver-0.9.11-soname.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  autoconf
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -72,6 +74,12 @@ developing applications that use %{name}.
 
 %patch101 -p1 -b .multilib
 %patch102 -p1
+%if 0%{?fedora} < 26
+%patch103 -p1 -b .soname
+%global soname 0
+%else
+%global soname 1
+%endif
 
 # Fix encoding
 for file in ChangeLog ; do
@@ -118,8 +126,8 @@ make -C test test ||:
 %files
 %license COPYING
 %doc AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README TODO
-%{_libdir}/libvncclient.so.1*
-%{_libdir}/libvncserver.so.1*
+%{_libdir}/libvncclient.so.%{soname}*
+%{_libdir}/libvncserver.so.%{soname}*
 
 %files devel
 %{_bindir}/libvncserver-config
@@ -131,6 +139,9 @@ make -C test test ||:
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed May 17 2017 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.11-2.1
+- revert soname bump for < f26
+
 * Tue May 16 2017 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.11-2
 - libvncclient sets +SRP in priority string (#1449605)
 - libvncserver blocks gtk-vnc clients >= 0.7.0 (#1451321)