diff --git a/libuna.changes b/libuna.changes
index 76c3c70..b97ec61 100644
--- a/libuna.changes
+++ b/libuna.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  8 11:37:44 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Add forced symvers
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jun 11 09:33:42 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/libuna.spec b/libuna.spec
index f79df17..d949d0e 100644
--- a/libuna.spec
+++ b/libuna.spec
@@ -92,11 +92,14 @@ applications that want to make use of libuna.
 
 %build
 autoreconf -fi
+# see libcdata for version-sc
+echo "V_%version { global: *; };" >v.sym
 %configure \
 %if "@BUILD_FLAVOR@" == "mini"
 	--disable-tools \
 %endif
-	--disable-static --enable-wide-character-type
+	--disable-static --enable-wide-character-type \
+	LDFLAGS="-Wl,--version-script=$PWD/v.sym"
 %make_build
 
 %install