diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d6c4f087..299335eb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -250,7 +250,12 @@ function(wtr_add_lib_target NAME OUTPUT_NAME SRC_SET INC_SET LIB_TYPE)
   set_property(TARGET "${NAME}" PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
   set_property(TARGET "${NAME}" PROPERTY OUTPUT_NAME "${OUTPUT_NAME}")
   target_compile_options("${NAME}" PRIVATE "${COMPILE_OPTIONS}")
-  target_link_options("${NAME}" PRIVATE "${LINK_OPTIONS}")
+  if("${NAME}" STREQUAL "watcher-c-shared" AND LINUX)
+    message(STATUS "watcher-c-shared: Adding version script")
+    target_link_options("${NAME}" PRIVATE "${LINK_OPTIONS};-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/watcher-c/libwatcher-c.version")
+  else()
+    target_link_options("${NAME}" PRIVATE "${LINK_OPTIONS}")
+  endif()
   target_link_libraries("${NAME}" PRIVATE "${LINK_LIBRARIES}")
   if(APPLE)
     set_property(TARGET "${NAME}" PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH "/usr/local/lib")
diff --git a/libwatcher-c.version b/libwatcher-c.version
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fe03021..00000000
--- a/libwatcher-c.version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-WATCHER_C {
-  global: wtr_* ; WTR_* ;
-  local: _Z* ;
-};
diff --git a/watcher-c/libwatcher-c.version b/watcher-c/libwatcher-c.version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef471fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/watcher-c/libwatcher-c.version
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+WATCHER_C {
+  global: wtr_* ;
+  local: * ;
+};