diff --git a/sg3_utils.changes b/sg3_utils.changes
index cec39f0..bba497e 100644
--- a/sg3_utils.changes
+++ b/sg3_utils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 20 13:15:12 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Add symbol versions to library
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun 17 09:08:42 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/sg3_utils.spec b/sg3_utils.spec
index d10fddc..110cd0b 100644
--- a/sg3_utils.spec
+++ b/sg3_utils.spec
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ applications that want to make use of libsgutils.
 
 %build
 %configure --disable-static --with-pic
+# sg3_utils has added functions between (for example) 1.36 and 1.39
+# without tracking them. Add symvers so RPM updates work in all cases.
+echo 'V_%version { global: *; };' >symvers
+make %{?_smp_mflags} -C lib LDFLAGS="-Wl,--version-script=$PWD/symvers"
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install