diff --git a/cmake/symlink_install/catkin_symlink_install.cmake.in b/cmake/symlink_install/catkin_symlink_install.cmake.in
index 3fd908f9d..34fe51ecd 100644
--- a/cmake/symlink_install/catkin_symlink_install.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/symlink_install/catkin_symlink_install.cmake.in
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ function(catkin_symlink_install_targets)
     get_filename_component(fileext "${file}" EXT)
     if(fileext STREQUAL ".a" OR fileext STREQUAL ".lib")
       set(destination "${ARG_ARCHIVE_DESTINATION}")
-    elseif(fileext STREQUAL ".dylib" OR fileext STREQUAL ".so")
+    elseif(fileext STREQUAL ".dylib" OR fileext MATCHES "\\.so(\\.[0-9]+)?(\\.[0-9]+)?(\\.[0-9]+)?$")
       set(destination "${ARG_LIBRARY_DESTINATION}")
     elseif(fileext STREQUAL "" OR fileext STREQUAL ".dll" OR fileext STREQUAL ".exe")
       set(destination "${ARG_RUNTIME_DESTINATION}")