diff --git a/cmake/AddTargetWithResourceFile.cmake b/cmake/AddTargetWithResourceFile.cmake
index 91cdd0e61..a4066e2e4 100644
--- a/cmake/AddTargetWithResourceFile.cmake
+++ b/cmake/AddTargetWithResourceFile.cmake
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ macro(AddTargetWithResourceFile nameAndTarget is_exe version sources)
     message("add_library(${target}) [${lib_options}]")
     add_library(${target} ${lib_options} ${${sources}})
 
-    if(VERSIONING)
+    if(WITH_LIBRARY_SOVERSIONING)
       set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES VERSION ${version} SOVERSION ${RC_VERSION_MAJOR})
     else()
       set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
diff --git a/cmake/CommonConfigOptions.cmake b/cmake/CommonConfigOptions.cmake
index 8d66ac984..f4257453d 100644
--- a/cmake/CommonConfigOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CommonConfigOptions.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 option(CMAKE_COLOR_MAKEFILE "colorful CMake makefile" ON)
 option(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE "verbose CMake makefile" ON)
 option(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE "build with position independent code (-fPIC or -fPIE)" ON)
-option(WITH_LIBRARY_VERSIONING "Use library version triplet" ON)
+option(WITH_LIBRARY_VERSIONING "Append library major version to name" ON)
+option(WITH_LIBRARY_SOVERSIONING "Use library SO version triplet" ON)
 option(WITH_BINARY_VERSIONING "Use binary versioning" OFF)
 option(WITH_RESOURCE_VERSIONING "Use resource versioning" OFF)
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries" ON)