diff --git a/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
index 85a4c4e48..966ca9c7d 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ install( TARGETS calamares
     ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
 )
 
-# Make symlink lib/calamares/libcalamares.so to lib/libcalamares.so so lib/calamares
-# can be used as module path for the Python interpreter.
+# Make symlink lib/calamares/libcalamares.so to lib/libcalamares.so.VERSION so
+# lib/calamares can be used as module path for the Python interpreter.
 install( CODE "
     file( MAKE_DIRECTORY \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/calamares\" )
-    execute_process( COMMAND \"${CMAKE_COMMAND}\" -E create_symlink ../libcalamares.so libcalamares.so WORKING_DIRECTORY \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/calamares\" )
+    execute_process( COMMAND \"${CMAKE_COMMAND}\" -E create_symlink ../libcalamares.so.${CALAMARES_VERSION_SHORT} libcalamares.so WORKING_DIRECTORY \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/calamares\" )
 ")
 
 # Install header files