diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7a3a84fc..b25c4b07 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 1999-04-25  Alexandre Oliva  <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
 
+	* ltconfig.in (irix*, soname_spec, library_names_spec): Missing
+	dots before $versuffix and $major.
+
 	* ltconfig.in (solaris*, whole_archive_flag_spec): Use -z
 	allextract/defaultextract from Solaris 2.6 on.
 	Reported by Brian Ford <ford@vss.fsi.com>
diff --git a/ltconfig.in b/ltconfig.in
index a038b983..27eaa22b 100755
--- a/ltconfig.in
+++ b/ltconfig.in
@@ -1768,8 +1768,8 @@ irix5* | irix6*)
   version_type=irix
   need_lib_prefix=no
   need_version=no
-  soname_spec='${libname}${release}.so$major'
-  library_names_spec='${libname}${release}.so$versuffix ${libname}${release}.so$major ${libname}${release}.so $libname.so'
+  soname_spec='${libname}${release}.so.$major'
+  library_names_spec='${libname}${release}.so.$versuffix ${libname}${release}.so.$major ${libname}${release}.so $libname.so'
   case "$host_os" in
   irix5*)
     libsuff= shlibsuff=