diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 88ba107f5f..232938a3d5 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ libmpi_so_version=0:0:0
 libmpi_cxx_so_version=0:0:0
 libmpi_mpifh_so_version=0:0:0
 libmpi_usempi_tkr_so_version=0:0:0
+libmpi_usempi_ignore_tkr_so_version=0:0:0
 libmpi_usempif08_so_version=0:0:0
 libopen_rte_so_version=0:0:0
 libopen_pal_so_version=0:0:0
diff --git a/ompi/mpi/fortran/use-mpi-ignore-tkr/Makefile.am b/ompi/mpi/fortran/use-mpi-ignore-tkr/Makefile.am
index e7f0d30f03..2826660756 100644
--- a/ompi/mpi/fortran/use-mpi-ignore-tkr/Makefile.am
+++ b/ompi/mpi/fortran/use-mpi-ignore-tkr/Makefile.am
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ nodist_libmpi_usempi_ignore_tkr_la_SOURCES += \
         mpi-ignore-tkr-sizeof.f90
 endif
 
+libmpi_usempi_ignore_tkr_la_LDFLAGS = \
+        -version-info $(libmpi_usempi_ignore_tkr_so_version) \
+        $(OMPI_FORTRAN_EXTRA_SHARED_LIBRARY_FLAGS)
+
 #
 # mpi-ignore-tkr-sizeof.* are generated based on some results from
 # configure tests.