diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cdeb6e2..2606fa0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 
 project(QtOrm LANGUAGES CXX)
 
+set(API_VERSION 1)
+
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25199677/how-to-detect-if-current-scope-has-a-parent-in-cmake
 get_directory_property(hasParent PARENT_DIRECTORY)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 009da80..bd49f67 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,13 +77,19 @@ set(QTORM_SOURCES
 
 set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${QTORM_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
 
-add_library(qtorm
+add_library(qtorm SHARED
     ${QTORM_PUBLIC_HEADERS}
     ${QTORM_PRIVATE_HEADERS}
     ${QTORM_SOURCES}
     ${QTORM_GENERATED_HEADERS}
 )
 
+set_target_properties(
+  qtorm PROPERTIES
+  VERSION ${API_VERSION}.0.0
+  SOVERSION ${API_VERSION}
+)
+
 target_link_libraries(qtorm PUBLIC Qt${QTORM_QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Core PRIVATE Qt${QTORM_QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Sql)
 
 target_compile_definitions(qtorm PRIVATE QT_BUILD_ORM_LIB)
@@ -98,3 +104,8 @@ target_compile_features(qtorm PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
 if (MSVC)
     target_compile_definitions(qtorm PRIVATE __PRETTY_FUNCTION__=__FUNCTION__)
 endif()
+
+install(
+  TARGETS qtorm
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}
+)