diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b36fe3455..14e38d78c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ if(MSVC)
 	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /Zc:wchar_t-")
 endif(MSVC)
 
+if(CUSTOM_LASTFM_LIB_VERSION_SUFFIX)
+	set(LASTFM_LIB_VERSION_SUFFIX ${CUSTOM_LASTFM_LIB_VERSION_SUFFIX})
+endif(CUSTOM_LASTFM_LIB_VERSION_SUFFIX)
+
 set(LASTFM_LIB_TARGET_NAME lastfm${LASTFM_LIB_VERSION_SUFFIX} CACHE
     INTERNAL "Target name of liblastfm" FORCE)