diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2161fd8..b8b355b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2637,3 +2637,8 @@ Wed Oct 27 14:11:11 PDT 1999	Michael Jennings <mej@eterm.org>
 	64-bit cleanliness changes.
 	
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+Wed Oct 27 17:36:35 PDT 1999	Michael Jennings <mej@eterm.org>
+
+	Modified libtool flags per recommendation of HJ Lu <hjl@gnu.org>.
+	
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/libmej/Makefile.am b/libmej/Makefile.am
index 8ed28ba..0ad7cab 100644
--- a/libmej/Makefile.am
+++ b/libmej/Makefile.am
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ libmej_la_SOURCES = debug.c mem.c strings.c snprintf.c
 
 INCLUDES = -I. -I.. -I$(includedir) -I$(prefix)/include
 
-libmej_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 9:0:9
+libmej_la_LDFLAGS = -release $(VERSION)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = debug.h global.h mem.h strings.h strptime.h strptime.c
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 6bb2492..217ee7a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libEterm.la
 libEterm_la_SOURCES = actions.c command.c e.c events.c font.c grkelot.c menus.c misc.c netdisp.c \
                       options.c pixmap.c screen.c scrollbar.c startup.c system.c term.c timer.c utmp.c windows.c
 libEterm_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/libmej/libmej.la feature.h
-libEterm_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 9:0:9
+libEterm_la_LDFLAGS = -release $(VERSION)
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = Eterm
 Eterm_SOURCES = main.c