diff --git a/Configurations/10-main.conf b/Configurations/10-main.conf
index 4a9b925e39..d7db9a8c19 100644
--- a/Configurations/10-main.conf
+++ b/Configurations/10-main.conf
@@ -1618,6 +1618,7 @@ sub vms_info {
         dso_scheme       => "dlfcn",
         shared_target    => "linux-shared",
         shared_cflag     => "-fPIC",
+        shared_extension => ".so.\$(SHLIB_MAJOR).\$(SHLIB_MINOR)",
     },
 
 ##### VxWorks for various targets