diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2fa181edf..3105f6acb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ endif
 spaversion = '0.2'
 apiversion = '0.3'
 soversion = 0
-libversion = '@0@.@1@.0'.format(soversion, pipewire_version_minor.to_int() * 100 + pipewire_version_micro.to_int())
+libversion_minor = pipewire_version_major.to_int() * 1000 + pipewire_version_minor.to_int() * 100 + pipewire_version_micro.to_int()
+libversion = '@0@.@1@.0'.format(soversion, libversion_minor)
 
 # LADI/jack
 # 3, for PipeWire being the third JACK implementation, after JACK1 and jackdmp/JACK2)
 jack_version_major = 3
-jack_version_minor = pipewire_version_minor.to_int() * 100 + pipewire_version_micro.to_int()
+jack_version_minor = libversion_minor
 # libjack[server] version has 0 for major (for compatibility with other implementations),
-# 3 for minor, and "100*pipewire_version_minor + pipewire_version_micro"
-# as micro version (the minor libpipewire soversion number)
+# 3 for minor, and "1000*major + 100*minor + micro" as micro version (the minor libpipewire soversion number)
 libjackversion = '@0@.@1@.@2@'.format(soversion, jack_version_major, jack_version_minor)
 
 pipewire_name = 'pipewire-@0@'.format(apiversion)