diff --git a/x11-libs/cairo/xcairo-1.16.0.recipe b/x11-libs/cairo/xcairo-1.16.0.recipe
index 4012b29f0..40295dd6e 100644
--- a/x11-libs/cairo/xcairo-1.16.0.recipe
+++ b/x11-libs/cairo/xcairo-1.16.0.recipe
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="2000, 2002, 2004-2007 Keith Packard
 	2002-2010 many others"
 LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2.1
 	MPL v1.1"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="3"
 SOURCE_URI="http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-$portVersion.tar.xz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="5e7b29b3f113ef870d1e3ecf8adf21f923396401604bda16d44be45e66052331"
 PATCHES="cairo-$portVersion.patchset"
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ BUILD()
 	rm -f cairo-tmp.a
 	# TODO: these symbols should really all be hidden
 	ar rcs cairo-tmp.a src/.libs/*.o
-	gcc -shared -o libcairo-xlib.so -lcairo -lpixman-1 -lfreetype -lfontconfig \
-		-lX11 -lXext -Wl,--no-undefined \
+
+	gcc -shared -o libcairo-xlib.so \
+		-lcairo -lpixman-1 -lfreetype -lfontconfig -lX11 -lXext \
+		-Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-soname,libcairo-xlib.so.2 \
 		src/.libs/*xlib*.o cairo-tmp.a
 }