diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 22a9bc1455b51d13b5020d73af0482149c138900..7652f223cea3baf048806256e5f34a7ff77f70e0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
 
-SHLIBMAJOR=1
+SHLIBMAJOR=2
 SHLIBMINOR=0
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST