diff --git a/libvpx.changes b/libvpx.changes
index 28ca7c1..fa41177 100644
--- a/libvpx.changes
+++ b/libvpx.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 12 17:26:48 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Rename unfitting macro name "soname"; there is no SONAME here,
+  just the version.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 11 12:42:01 UTC 2016 - olaf@aepfle.de
 
diff --git a/libvpx.spec b/libvpx.spec
index e9490f7..41c71e5 100644
--- a/libvpx.spec
+++ b/libvpx.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 
-%define         soname 4
+%define         sover 4
 
 Name:           libvpx
 Version:        1.6.0
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ WebM files consist of video streams compressed with the VP8 video codec
 and audio streams compressed with the Vorbis audio codec.
 The WebM file structure is based on the Matroska container.
 
-%package -n %{name}%{soname}
+%package -n %{name}%{sover}
 
 Summary:        VP8 codec library
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          System/Libraries
 
-%description -n %{name}%{soname}
+%description -n %{name}%{sover}
 WebM is an open, royalty-free, media file format designed for the web.
 
 WebM defines the file container structure, video and audio formats.
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ The WebM file structure is based on the Matroska container.
 Summary:        VP8 codec library - Development headers
 License:        BSD-3-Clause and GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Development/Languages/C and C++
-Requires:       %{name}%{soname} = %{version}
+Requires:       %{name}%{sover} = %{version}
 
 %description devel
 Development headers and library
@@ -134,15 +134,15 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 cd build
 make DESTDIR=%buildroot install
 
-%post -n %{name}%{soname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%post -n %{name}%{sover} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
-%postun -n %{name}%{soname} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n %{name}%{sover} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files -n vpx-tools
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_bindir}/*
 
-%files -n %{name}%{soname}
+%files -n %{name}%{sover}
 %defattr(-, root, root)
 %doc LICENSE AUTHORS README CHANGELOG
 %{_libdir}/libvpx.so.*