diff --git a/dev-libs/libcow/libcow-0.1.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/libcow/libcow-0.1.4.ebuild
index 57b9eee..9ecc055 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libcow/libcow-0.1.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libcow/libcow-0.1.4.ebuild
@@ -25,21 +25,18 @@ src_compile() {
 	if use debug; then
 		CFLAGS=""
 		CXXFLAGS=""
-		LDFLAGS=""
+		LDFLAGS="-Wl,-soname,${PN}.so.$(ver_cut 1)"
 	fi
 	TARGET_SPEC_FLAGS=$(usex debug yes no) emake STRIP=: $(usev debug)
 	use debug && ( mv -f ${PN}{-debug,}.so &&
+					mv -f ${PN}.so{,.${PV}} &&
 					mv -f ${PN}{-debug,}.a || die "failed to move debug targets into place")
 }
 
 src_install() {
 	dolib.a ${PN}.a
-	if use debug; then
-		dolib.so ${PN}.so
-	else
-		dolib.so ${PN}.so.${PV}
-		dosym ${PN}.so.${PV} /usr/$(get_libdir)/${PN}.so.$(ver_cut 1)
-		dosym ${PN}.so.$(ver_cut 1) /usr/$(get_libdir)/${PN}.so
-	fi
+	dolib.so ${PN}.so.${PV}
+	dosym ${PN}.so.${PV} /usr/$(get_libdir)/${PN}.so.$(ver_cut 1)
+	dosym ${PN}.so.$(ver_cut 1) /usr/$(get_libdir)/${PN}.so
 	cd include && doheader -r .
 }