--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 ### 02111-1307, USA. 
 
 AC_INIT
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.381 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.382 $)
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/octave.cc])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
@@ -612,9 +612,12 @@
 CXXPICFLAG=-fPIC
 FPICFLAG=-fPIC
 SHLEXT=so
-SHLLINKEXT=
+SHLLIB=$SHLEXT
 SHLBIN=
-SHLLIB=$SHLEXT
+SHLEXT_VER='$(SHLEXT).$(VERSION)'
+SHLLIB_VER='$(SHLLIB).$(VERSION)'
+SHLBIN_VER='$(SHLBIN).$(VERSION)'
+SHLLINKEXT=
 SH_LD="$CXX"
 SH_LDFLAGS=-shared
 SONAME_FLAGS=
@@ -732,6 +735,12 @@
 AC_MSG_RESULT([defining CPICFLAG to be $CPICFLAG])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([defining CXXPICFLAG to be $CXXPICFLAG])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([defining SHLEXT to be $SHLEXT])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([defining SHLLIB to be $SHLLIB])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([defining SHLBIN to be $SHLBIN])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([defining SHLEXT_VER to be $SHLEXT_VER])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([defining SHLLIB_VER to be $SHLLIB_VER])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([defining SHLBIN_VER to be $SHLBIN_VER])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([defining SHLLINKEXT to be $SHLLINKEXT])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([defining DLFCN_DIR to be $DLFCN_DIR])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([defining SH_LD to be $SH_LD])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([defining SH_LDFLAGS to be $SH_LDFLAGS])
@@ -747,6 +756,10 @@
 AC_SUBST(SHLEXT)
 AC_SUBST(SHLLIB)
 AC_SUBST(SHLBIN)
+AC_SUBST(SHLEXT_VER)
+AC_SUBST(SHLLIB_VER)
+AC_SUBST(SHLBIN_VER)
+AC_SUBST(SHLLINKEXT)
 AC_SUBST(DLFCN_DIR)
 AC_SUBST(SH_LD)
 AC_SUBST(SH_LDFLAGS)