diff --git a/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake b/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake
index 1acbd06..e28d1da 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/LibraryTarget.cmake
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ configure_file(
 )
 list(APPEND HEADER_FILES global.h)
 
+# determine SOVERSION
+if(NOT META_SOVERSION)
+    if(META_VERSION_EXACT_SONAME)
+        set(META_SOVERSION "${META_VERSION_MAJOR}.${META_VERSION_MINOR}.${META_VERSION_PATCH}")
+    else()
+        set(META_SOVERSION "${META_VERSION_MAJOR}")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 # add target for building the library
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     # use correct linker flags and compile definitions (depend on linkage)
@@ -77,8 +86,8 @@ if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     add_library(${TARGET_PREFIX}${META_PROJECT_NAME}${TARGET_SUFFIX} SHARED ${HEADER_FILES} ${SRC_FILES} ${WIDGETS_FILES} ${QML_FILES} ${RES_FILES} ${QM_FILES} ${WINDOWS_ICON_PATH})
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET_PREFIX}${META_PROJECT_NAME}${TARGET_SUFFIX} ${ACTUAL_ADDITIONAL_LINK_FLAGS} ${LIBRARIES})
     set_target_properties(${TARGET_PREFIX}${META_PROJECT_NAME}${TARGET_SUFFIX} PROPERTIES
-        VERSION ${META_VERSION_MAJOR}.${META_VERSION_MINOR}.${META_VERSION_PATCH}
-        SOVERSION ${META_VERSION_MAJOR}
+        VERSION "${META_VERSION_MAJOR}.${META_VERSION_MINOR}.${META_VERSION_PATCH}"
+        SOVERSION "${META_SOVERSION}"
         CXX_STANDARD 11
         COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${ACTUAL_ADDITIONAL_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS}"
         LINK_SEARCH_START_STATIC ${STATIC_LINKAGE}
@@ -94,9 +103,9 @@ if(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
     # add target link libraries for the static lib also because otherwise Qt header files can not be located
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET_PREFIX}${META_PROJECT_NAME}${TARGET_SUFFIX}_static ${STATIC_LIBRARIES})
     set_target_properties(${TARGET_PREFIX}${META_PROJECT_NAME}${TARGET_SUFFIX}_static PROPERTIES
-        VERSION ${META_VERSION_MAJOR}.${META_VERSION_MINOR}.${META_VERSION_PATCH}
-        SOVERSION ${META_VERSION_MAJOR}
-        OUTPUT_NAME ${TARGET_PREFIX}${META_PROJECT_NAME}${TARGET_SUFFIX}
+        VERSION "${META_VERSION_MAJOR}.${META_VERSION_MINOR}.${META_VERSION_PATCH}"
+        SOVERSION "${META_SOVERSION}"
+        OUTPUT_NAME "${TARGET_PREFIX}${META_PROJECT_NAME}${TARGET_SUFFIX}"
         CXX_STANDARD 11
         COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${ACTUAL_ADDITIONAL_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS}"
     )