diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f3fe8c98..6f737a05 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-07-24  Bert Driehuis <bert_driehuis@compuware.com>
+
+	* ltconfig.in:  Updated bsdi4 soname specs to be more like
+	linux as discussed on the bsdi mailing list.
+
 1999-07-20  Gary V. Vaughan  <gary@oranda.demon.co.uk>
 
 	* configure.in (AC_PROG_RANLIB):  No longer required as we now use
diff --git a/ltconfig.in b/ltconfig.in
index d5cc5705..6bf25009 100755
--- a/ltconfig.in
+++ b/ltconfig.in
@@ -1793,8 +1793,9 @@ beos*)
 
 bsdi4*)
   version_type=linux
-  library_names_spec='${libname}.so$major ${libname}.so'
-  soname_spec='${libname}.so'
+  need_version=no
+  library_names_spec='${libname}${release}.so$versuffix ${libname}${release}.so$major $libname.so'
+  soname_spec='${libname}${release}.so$major'
   finish_cmds='PATH="\$PATH:/sbin" ldconfig $libdir'
   shlibpath_var=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   deplibs_check_method='file_magic ELF [0-9][0-9]*-bit [ML]SB (shared object|dynamic lib)'