diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 65ff089..2b7a4a3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ option(TBB_BUILD_TBBMALLOC_PROXY "Build TBB malloc proxy library" ON)
 option(TBB_BUILD_TESTS           "Build TBB tests and enable testing infrastructure" ON)
 option(TBB_NO_DATE               "Do not save the configure date in the version string" OFF)
 option(TBB_BUILD_PYTHON          "Build TBB Python bindings" OFF)
+option(TBB_SET_SOVERSION         "Set the SOVERSION (shared library build version suffix)?" OFF)
 
 # When this repository is part of a larger build system of a parent project
 # we may not want TBB to set up default installation targets
@@ -280,6 +281,9 @@ if (TBB_BUILD_SHARED)
   target_include_directories(tbb INTERFACE "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>" "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${TBB_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR}>")
   set_property(TARGET tbb APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "__TBB_BUILD=1")
   set_property(TARGET tbb APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS ${ENABLE_RTTI})
+  if (TBB_SET_SOVERSION)
+    set_property(TARGET tbb PROPERTY SOVERSION 2)
+  endif ()
   add_dependencies(tbb tbb_def_files)
 
   if (APPLE)
@@ -341,6 +345,9 @@ if(TBB_BUILD_TBBMALLOC)
     target_link_libraries(tbbmalloc PRIVATE tbb_interface)
     set_property(TARGET tbbmalloc APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "__TBBMALLOC_BUILD=1")
     set_property(TARGET tbbmalloc APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS ${DISABLE_RTTI})
+    if (TBB_SET_SOVERSION)
+      set_property(TARGET tbbmalloc PROPERTY SOVERSION 2)
+    endif ()
     add_dependencies(tbbmalloc tbb_def_files)
     if (APPLE)
       set_property(TARGET tbbmalloc APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,-exported_symbols_list,\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tbbmalloc.def\"")
@@ -386,6 +393,9 @@ if(TBB_BUILD_TBBMALLOC_PROXY)
     target_link_libraries(tbbmalloc_proxy PRIVATE tbb_interface)
     set_property(TARGET tbbmalloc_proxy APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "__TBBMALLOC_BUILD=1")
     set_property(TARGET tbbmalloc_proxy APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS ${DISABLE_RTTI})
+    if (TBB_SET_SOVERSION)
+      set_property(TARGET tbbmalloc_proxy PROPERTY SOVERSION 2)
+    endif ()
     target_link_libraries(tbbmalloc_proxy PUBLIC tbbmalloc)
     if (TBB_INSTALL_TARGETS)
       install(TARGETS tbbmalloc_proxy EXPORT TBB