diff --git a/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt b/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
index ce26aa233cb4976af755a0a7c34f7c5aeaec3be6..3787518f992972d8d2dd1d63a0a15a4b6a702620 100644
--- a/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ if(ADIOS2_HAVE_HDF5)
   target_link_libraries(adios2 PRIVATE ${HDF5_C_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
+# Set library version information
+set_target_properties(adios2 PROPERTIES
+  VERSION ${ADIOS2_VERSION}
+  SOVERSION ${ADIOS2_VERSION_MAJOR}
+)
+
 install(
   FILES ADIOSMacros.h ADIOSTypes.h ADIOSMPICommOnly.h
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/adios2
diff --git a/source/dataman/CMakeLists.txt b/source/dataman/CMakeLists.txt
index 4387f9569188f4e097c277e58c83236c27e11c50..9dcfdef1a6cbbcc75d0a9484ade25c8c322f9eaa 100644
--- a/source/dataman/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/dataman/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ if(ADIOS2_HAVE_ZeroMQ)
   list(APPEND dataman_targets mdtmman)
 endif()
 
-
 if(ADIOS2_HAVE_ZFP)
   find_package(ZFP REQUIRED)
 
@@ -64,6 +63,13 @@ if(ADIOS2_HAVE_ZFP)
   list(APPEND dataman_targets zfpman)
 endif()
 
+# Library versioning like this only makes sense for libdataman.  The others are plugins
+# loaded via dlopen.
+set_target_properties(dataman PROPERTIES
+  VERSION ${ADIOS2_VERSION}
+  SOVERSION ${ADIOS2_VERSION_MAJOR}
+)
+
 install(
   TARGETS ${dataman_targets} EXPORT adios2
   RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}