diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 592c71c0a13..bfb6b4ba37c 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ libdb-5.3.so libdb-5.3.21_1
 libdb_cxx-5.3.so libdb-cxx-5.3.21_1
 libsdb.so.0 sdb-0.6.2_1
 libcares.so.2 c-ares-1.10.0_1
-libcryptopp.so crypto++-562_1
+libcryptopp.so.562 crypto++-562_4
 libqzeitgeist.so.1 libqzeitgeist-0.8.0_1
 libphonon.so.4 phonon-4.6.0_1
 libphononexperimental.so.4 phonon-4.6.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/crypto++/patches/soname.patch b/srcpkgs/crypto++/patches/soname.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..260d0c350df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/crypto++/patches/soname.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- GNUmakefile.orig	2015-02-16 10:07:31.188232968 +0100
++++ GNUmakefile	2015-02-16 10:09:08.028179047 +0100
+@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ IS_SUN_CC = $(shell $(CXX) -V 2>&1 | $(E
+ IS_LINUX = $(shell $(CXX) -dumpmachine 2>&1 | $(EGREP) -c "linux")
+ IS_MINGW = $(shell $(CXX) -dumpmachine 2>&1 | $(EGREP) -c "mingw")
+ CLANG_COMPILER = $(shell $(CXX) --version 2>&1 | $(EGREP) -i -c "clang version")
++VERSION = 562
+ 
+ # Default prefix for make install
+ ifeq ($(PREFIX),)
+@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ libcryptopp.a: $(LIBOBJS)
+ 	$(RANLIB) $@
+ 
+ libcryptopp.so: $(LIBOBJS)
+-	$(CXX) -shared -o $@ $(LIBOBJS)
++	$(CXX) -shared -Wl,-soname=libcryptopp.so.$(VERSION) -o $@.$(VERSION) $(LIBOBJS)
+ 
+ cryptest.exe: libcryptopp.a $(TESTOBJS)
+ 	$(CXX) -o $@ $(CXXFLAGS) $(TESTOBJS) ./libcryptopp.a $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/crypto++/template b/srcpkgs/crypto++/template
index 9c778406f63..54ecd43aedf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/crypto++/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/crypto++/template
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ do_build() {
 	make CXX=$CXX -f GNUmakefile ${makejobs}
 	make CXX=$CXX libcryptopp.so ${makejobs}
 }
-
 do_install() {
 	install -d ${DESTDIR}/usr/{lib/pkgconfig,include/cryptopp}
 	install -m644 *.h ${DESTDIR}/usr/include/cryptopp/
 	install -m644 libcryptopp.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcryptopp.a
-	install -m644 libcryptopp.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcryptopp.so
+	install -m644 libcryptopp.so.${version} ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcryptopp.so.${version}
+	ln -s libcryptopp.so.${version} ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcryptopp.so
 	install -m644 ${FILESDIR}/libcrypto++.pc ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcrypto++.pc
 	sed -e "s,@@VERSION@@,${version},g" -i ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcrypto++.pc
-	install -Dm644 License.txt ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE
+	vlicense License.txt LICENSE
 }
 
 crypto++-devel_package() {
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ crypto++-devel_package() {
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 	}
 }