diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a8030efd..a96bd28d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
-AC_INIT(libwebsockets, 1.0, andy@warmcat.com)
+AC_INIT(libwebsockets, 1.1, andy@warmcat.com)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([test-server/test-server.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 2421bc50..f5cdf3c3 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ libwebsockets_la_CFLAGS+= -w -I../win32port/win32helpers -I ../win32port/zlib/
 libwebsockets_la_LDFLAGS+= -lm -luser32 -ladvapi32 -lkernel32 -lgcc
 else
 libwebsockets_la_CFLAGS+= -rdynamic -fPIC -Werror
-libwebsockets_la_LDFLAGS+=  -version-info 1:0
+# notice http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Updating-version-info.html has rules for how to bump this
+libwebsockets_la_LDFLAGS+=  -version-info 2:0:0
 endif
 
 libwebsockets_la_CFLAGS+= -c \