diff --git a/lib/hdb/Makefile.am b/lib/hdb/Makefile.am
index 0c4bd5f17..29e277ddc 100644
--- a/lib/hdb/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/hdb/Makefile.am
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LDADD = libhdb.la \
 	$(DBLIB)
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libhdb.la
-libhdb_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 2:0:0
+libhdb_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 2:1:0
 
 libhdb_la_SOURCES = hdb.c common.c db.c ndbm.c print.c $(BUILT_SOURCES)