diff -urN SDL2-2.0.16/CMakeLists.txt SDL2-2.0.16-patched/CMakeLists.txt
--- SDL2-2.0.16/CMakeLists.txt	2021-08-11 10:17:18.363243527 +1000
+++ SDL2-2.0.16-patched/CMakeLists.txt	2021-08-11 10:18:52.446580179 +1000
@@ -2564,7 +2564,7 @@
   elseif(UNIX AND NOT ANDROID)
     set_target_properties(SDL2 PROPERTIES
       VERSION ${LT_VERSION}
-      SOVERSION ${LT_MAJOR}
+      SOVERSION 0
       OUTPUT_NAME "SDL2-${LT_RELEASE}")
   else()
     if(WINDOWS OR CYGWIN)