diff --git a/openscap.changes b/openscap.changes
index 243c37e..ad75437 100644
--- a/openscap.changes
+++ b/openscap.changes
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Fri Sep 28 07:54:36 UTC 2012 - meissner@suse.com
     support of SCAP datastream support was improved
   * plus fixes in OVAL and XCCDF modules. oscap tool reports support of
     XCCDF 1.2 and OVAL 5.10.1
+- libopenscap.so major version changed from 1 to 2.
 
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 Wed Aug 29 07:56:05 UTC 2012 - meissner@suse.com
diff --git a/openscap.spec b/openscap.spec
index 6ca70be..854de5b 100644
--- a/openscap.spec
+++ b/openscap.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 
-%define soname 1
+%define soname 2
 %define with_bindings 0
 
 Name:           openscap