diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index af9a4ce211..42c240e9b9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,8 +43,13 @@ set (Seastar_DPDK_MACHINE
   STRING
   "Configure DPDK for this processor architecture (if `Seastar_DPDK` is enabled). It configures -march or -mcpu")
 
+# Release version
+set (Seastar_VERSION "22.11.0")
+
 project (Seastar
-  VERSION 1.0
+  VERSION ${Seastar_VERSION}
+  DESCRIPTION "Event driven asynchronous programming framework"
+  HOMEPAGE_URL "http://seastar.io/"
   LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 set (Seastar_ALLOC_FAILURE_INJECTION
@@ -780,6 +785,11 @@ add_library (seastar
   src/websocket/server.cc
   )
 
+# Shared library soname  
+set_target_properties(seastar PROPERTIES
+  VERSION ${Seastar_API_LEVEL}
+  SOVERSION ${Seastar_API_LEVEL})
+
 # We disable _FORTIFY_SOURCE because it generates false positives with longjmp() (src/core/thread.cc)
 set_source_files_properties(src/core/thread.cc
   PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE)
@@ -1174,6 +1184,10 @@ if (Seastar_INSTALL OR Seastar_TESTING)
     src/testing/seastar_test.cc
     src/testing/test_runner.cc)
 
+  set_target_properties(seastar_testing PROPERTIES
+    VERSION ${Seastar_API_LEVEL}
+    SOVERSION ${Seastar_API_LEVEL})
+
   add_library (Seastar::seastar_testing ALIAS seastar_testing)
 
   target_compile_definitions (seastar_testing
@@ -1193,6 +1207,9 @@ if (Seastar_INSTALL OR Seastar_TESTING)
     include/seastar/testing/perf_tests.hh
     tests/perf/perf_tests.cc
     tests/perf/linux_perf_event.cc)
+  set_target_properties(seastar_perf_testing PROPERTIES
+    VERSION ${Seastar_API_LEVEL}
+    SOVERSION ${Seastar_API_LEVEL})
   add_library (Seastar::seastar_perf_testing ALIAS seastar_perf_testing)
   target_compile_definitions (seastar_perf_testing
     PRIVATE ${Seastar_PRIVATE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS})