diff --git a/guile-readline/LIBGUILEREADLINE-VERSION b/guile-readline/LIBGUILEREADLINE-VERSION
index ecab91095..02f8493a4 100644
--- a/guile-readline/LIBGUILEREADLINE-VERSION
+++ b/guile-readline/LIBGUILEREADLINE-VERSION
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 # source this file from configure.in.  Later we may automate more of
 # this.
 
-LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE_CURRENT=10
+LIBGUILEREADLINE_MAJOR=16
+LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE_CURRENT=16
 LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE_REVISION=0
 LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE_AGE=0
 LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE="${LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE_CURRENT}:${LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE_REVISION}:${LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE_AGE}"
diff --git a/guile-readline/Makefile.am b/guile-readline/Makefile.am
index c3f9cd332..6b62dfb0a 100644
--- a/guile-readline/Makefile.am
+++ b/guile-readline/Makefile.am
@@ -30,12 +30,11 @@ INCLUDES = -I.. -I$(srcdir)/..
 
 GUILE_SNARF = ../libguile/guile-snarf
 
-lib_LTLIBRARIES = libguilereadline.la
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libguilereadline-v-@LIBGUILEREADLINE_MAJOR@.la
 
-libguilereadline_la_SOURCES = readline.c
-libguilereadline_la_LIBADD = ../libguile/libguile.la
-libguilereadline_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info @LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE@ \
-  -export-dynamic -no-undefined
+libguilereadline_v_@LIBGUILEREADLINE_MAJOR@_la_SOURCES = readline.c
+libguilereadline_v_@LIBGUILEREADLINE_MAJOR@_la_LIBADD = ../libguile/libguile.la
+libguilereadline_v_@LIBGUILEREADLINE_MAJOR@_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info @LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE@ -export-dynamic -no-undefined
 
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = readline.x
diff --git a/guile-readline/configure.in b/guile-readline/configure.in
index 18cbe8d47..1f0a08cd4 100644
--- a/guile-readline/configure.in
+++ b/guile-readline/configure.in
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ fi
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(strdup)
 
 . $srcdir/LIBGUILEREADLINE-VERSION
+AC_SUBST(LIBGUILEREADLINE_MAJOR)
 AC_SUBST(LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE_CURRENT)
 AC_SUBST(LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE_REVISION)
 AC_SUBST(LIBGUILEREADLINE_INTERFACE_AGE)