diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 420f065..5931a9e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ endif
 
 SUBDIRS = include lib doc man $(OPT_DIRS)
 
-pkgconfig_DATA = libnl-2.1.pc
+pkgconfig_DATA = libnl-3.0.pc
 
 sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@/libnl
 sysconf_DATA = etc/pktloc etc/classid
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a0199d0..43150a7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2003-2011 Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
 #
 
-AC_INIT(libnl, 2.1, tgraf@suug.ch)
+AC_INIT(libnl, 3.0, tgraf@suug.ch)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([lib/defs.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign subdir-objects])
 m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES(yes)], [])
 
-MAJ_VERSION=2
+MAJ_VERSION=3
 AC_SUBST([MAJ_VERSION])
-MIN_VERSION=1
+MIN_VERSION=0
 AC_SUBST([MIN_VERSION])
 
 AC_PROG_CC
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([m], [pow], [], AC_MSG_ERROR([libm is required]))
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile doc/Doxyfile doc/Makefile lib/Makefile
 	include/Makefile src/Makefile src/lib/Makefile man/Makefile
-	libnl-2.1.pc include/netlink/version.h])
+	libnl-3.0.pc include/netlink/version.h])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libnl-2.1.pc.in b/libnl-3.0.pc.in
similarity index 100%
rename from libnl-2.1.pc.in
rename to libnl-3.0.pc.in