diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 70b0605..1051c24 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ PKGCONFNAME=hiredis.pc
 HIREDIS_MAJOR=$(shell grep HIREDIS_MAJOR hiredis.h | awk '{print $$3}')
 HIREDIS_MINOR=$(shell grep HIREDIS_MINOR hiredis.h | awk '{print $$3}')
 HIREDIS_PATCH=$(shell grep HIREDIS_PATCH hiredis.h | awk '{print $$3}')
+HIREDIS_SONAME=$(shell grep HIREDIS_SONAME hiredis.h | awk '{print $$3}')
 
 # Installation related variables and target
 PREFIX?=/usr/local
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ REAL_LDFLAGS=$(LDFLAGS) $(ARCH)
 
 DYLIBSUFFIX=so
 STLIBSUFFIX=a
-DYLIB_MINOR_NAME=$(LIBNAME).$(DYLIBSUFFIX).$(HIREDIS_MAJOR).$(HIREDIS_MINOR)
+DYLIB_MINOR_NAME=$(LIBNAME).$(DYLIBSUFFIX).$(HIREDIS_SONAME)
 DYLIB_MAJOR_NAME=$(LIBNAME).$(DYLIBSUFFIX).$(HIREDIS_MAJOR)
 DYLIBNAME=$(LIBNAME).$(DYLIBSUFFIX)
 DYLIB_MAKE_CMD=$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(DYLIB_MINOR_NAME) -o $(DYLIBNAME) $(LDFLAGS)
@@ -60,8 +61,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),SunOS)
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),Darwin)
   DYLIBSUFFIX=dylib
-  DYLIB_MINOR_NAME=$(LIBNAME).$(HIREDIS_MAJOR).$(HIREDIS_MINOR).$(DYLIBSUFFIX)
-  DYLIB_MAJOR_NAME=$(LIBNAME).$(HIREDIS_MAJOR).$(DYLIBSUFFIX)
+  DYLIB_MINOR_NAME=$(LIBNAME).$(HIREDIS_SONAME).$(DYLIBSUFFIX)
   DYLIB_MAKE_CMD=$(CC) -shared -Wl,-install_name,$(DYLIB_MINOR_NAME) -o $(DYLIBNAME) $(LDFLAGS)
 endif
 
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ install: $(DYLIBNAME) $(STLIBNAME) $(PKGCONFNAME)
 	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_INCLUDE_PATH) $(INSTALL_LIBRARY_PATH)
 	$(INSTALL) hiredis.h async.h read.h sds.h adapters $(INSTALL_INCLUDE_PATH)
 	$(INSTALL) $(DYLIBNAME) $(INSTALL_LIBRARY_PATH)/$(DYLIB_MINOR_NAME)
-	cd $(INSTALL_LIBRARY_PATH) && ln -sf $(DYLIB_MINOR_NAME) $(DYLIB_MAJOR_NAME)
-	cd $(INSTALL_LIBRARY_PATH) && ln -sf $(DYLIB_MAJOR_NAME) $(DYLIBNAME)
+	cd $(INSTALL_LIBRARY_PATH) && ln -sf $(DYLIB_MINOR_NAME) $(DYLIBNAME)
 	$(INSTALL) $(STLIBNAME) $(INSTALL_LIBRARY_PATH)
 	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_PKGCONF_PATH)
 	$(INSTALL) $(PKGCONFNAME) $(INSTALL_PKGCONF_PATH)
diff --git a/hiredis.h b/hiredis.h
index d4bf9e5..fbd72f0 100644
--- a/hiredis.h
+++ b/hiredis.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #define HIREDIS_MAJOR 0
 #define HIREDIS_MINOR 13
 #define HIREDIS_PATCH 1
+#define HIREDIS_SONAME 0.13
 
 /* Connection type can be blocking or non-blocking and is set in the
  * least significant bit of the flags field in redisContext. */