diff -urN fife-0.3.2.old//engine/SConscript fife-0.3.2/engine/SConscript
--- fife-0.3.2.old//engine/SConscript	2010-07-05 20:36:41.000000000 +0100
+++ fife-0.3.2/engine/SConscript	2011-05-09 01:15:23.731939633 +0100
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@
 								  SHLIBEMITTER = '')
 else:
 	sharedlib = env.SharedLibrary(target = fife_tgt,
-								  source = compilefiles)
+								  source = compilefiles,
+								  LINKFLAGS=['-Wl,-soname,libfife.so.SONAME'])
 
 #**************************************************************************
 #python library target