diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index c48fe264..c6868571 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ $(ARB_LIB): $(LOBJS) $(LIB_SOURCES) $(EXT_SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(EXT_HEADERS) | b
 		$(LDCONFIG) -n "$(CURDIR)"; \
 	fi
 	ln -sf "$(ARB_LIB)" "$(ARB_LIBNAME)"; \
+	ln -sf "$(ARB_LIB)" "$(ARB_LIBNAME).$(ARB_MAJOR)"; \
 
 libarb.a: $(OBJS) $(LIB_SOURCES) $(EXT_SOURCES) $(HEADERS) $(EXT_HEADERS) | build build/interfaces
 	$(AT)$(foreach ext, $(EXTENSIONS), $(foreach dir, $(patsubst $(ext)/%.h, %, $(wildcard $(ext)/*.h)), mkdir -p build/$(dir); BUILD_DIR=$(CURDIR)/build/$(dir); export BUILD_DIR; MOD_DIR=$(dir); export MOD_DIR; $(MAKE) -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile.subdirs -C $(ext)/$(dir) static || exit $$?;))
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c5c8b07c..e48e8393 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ echo "ARB_STATIC=$STATIC" >> Makefile
 echo "ARB_SHARED=$SHARED" >> Makefile
 echo "ARB_LIB=$ARB_LIB" >> Makefile
 echo "ARB_LIBNAME=$ARB_LIBNAME" >> Makefile
+echo "ARB_MAJOR=$ARB_MAJOR" >> Makefile
 echo "ARB_SOLIB=$ARB_SOLIB" >> Makefile
 echo "EXEEXT=$EXEEXT" >> Makefile
 echo "PREFIX=$PREFIX" >> Makefile