--- dune-geometry.orig/lib/Makefile.am
+++ dune-geometry/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
 nodist_EXTRA_libdunegeometry_la_SOURCES = dummy.cc
 sourcescheck_DUMMY = dummy.cc
 libdunegeometry_la_LIBADD = ../dune/geometry/quadraturerules/libquadraturerules.la
+libdunegeometry_la_LDFLAGS = -release $(subst -,,$(PACKAGE_VERSION))
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/am/global-rules
