diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f8e7e84..02b9785 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ if (HAS_NO_FORMAT_TRUNCATION)
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-format-truncation")
 endif()
 
+include (CheckSymbolExists)
+check_symbol_exists("__GLIBC__" "stdlib.h" LIBC_IS_GLIBC)
+
 if (MSVC)
    # Turn off Microsofts "security" warnings.
    add_definitions( "/W3 /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /wd4005 /wd4996 /nologo" )
@@ -366,6 +369,10 @@ if(JANSSON_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
       ${JANSSON_HDR_PUBLIC}
       src/jansson.def)
 
+   if (LIBC_IS_GLIBC)
+      set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--default-symver")
+   endif()
+
    set_target_properties(jansson PROPERTIES
       VERSION ${JANSSON_VERSION}
       SOVERSION ${JANSSON_SOVERSION})
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d923eef..3a4d187 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ fi
 AS_IF([test "x$with_Bsymbolic" = "xyes"], [JSON_BSYMBOLIC_LDFLAGS=-Wl[,]-Bsymbolic-functions])
 AC_SUBST(JSON_BSYMBOLIC_LDFLAGS)
 
+# Enable symbol versioning on GNU libc
+JSON_SYMVER_LDFLAGS=
+AC_CHECK_DECL([__GLIBC__], [JSON_SYMVER_LDFLAGS=-Wl,--default-symver])
+AC_SUBST([JSON_SYMVER_LDFLAGS])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([ossfuzzers],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-ossfuzzers],
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 91280c8..c61d199 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ libjansson_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	-no-undefined \
 	-export-symbols-regex '^json_|^jansson_' \
 	-version-info 17:0:13 \
+	@JSON_SYMVER_LDFLAGS@ \
 	@JSON_BSYMBOLIC_LDFLAGS@