diff --git a/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
index 94e9145d6..2a1cfeb20 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libcalamares/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ add_library( calamares SHARED ${libSources} ${kdsagSources} ${utilsSources} )
 set_target_properties( calamares
     PROPERTIES
         AUTOMOC TRUE
+        VERSION ${CALAMARES_VERSION_SHORT}
+        SOVERSION ${CALAMARES_VERSION_SHORT}
 )
 
 target_link_libraries( calamares
@@ -92,10 +94,18 @@ target_link_libraries( calamares
 
 install( TARGETS calamares
     EXPORT CalamaresLibraryDepends
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
 )
 
+# Make symlink lib/calamares/libcalamares.so to lib/libcalamares.so.VERSION so
+# lib/calamares can be used as module path for the Python interpreter.
+install( CODE "
+    file( MAKE_DIRECTORY \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/calamares\" )
+    execute_process( COMMAND \"${CMAKE_COMMAND}\" -E create_symlink ../libcalamares.so.${CALAMARES_VERSION_SHORT} libcalamares.so WORKING_DIRECTORY \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/calamares\" )
+")
+
 # Install header files
 file( GLOB rootHeaders "*.h" )
 file( GLOB kdsingleapplicationguardHeaders "kdsingleapplicationguard/*.h" )
diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libcalamaresui/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d0ec8281..7c3e8fca2 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ calamares_add_library( calamaresui
         Qt5::QuickWidgets
     RESOURCES libcalamaresui.qrc
     EXPORT CalamaresLibraryDepends
-    NO_VERSION
+    VERSION ${CALAMARES_VERSION_SHORT}
 )