diff --git a/api/CMakeLists.txt b/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 893b3cc7e2..ab69cf66cd 100644
--- a/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -99,6 +99,17 @@ endif()
 # Because CMake doesn't guess this from the .cc extension generated by protoc
 set_target_properties( kiapi PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX )
 
+include( ${KICAD_CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/KiCadVersion.cmake )
+
+# Extract the major and minor build version as a string
+string( REGEX MATCH
+        "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)"
+        KICAD_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION
+        "${KICAD_VERSION}"
+    )
+
+set_target_properties( kiapi PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${KICAD_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION} )
+
 target_include_directories( kiapi SYSTEM PUBLIC ${Protobuf_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
 
 target_link_libraries( kiapi protobuf::libprotobuf )