diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 8b9778d4ed..6fb687e979 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ libvala-0.24.so.0 libvala-0.24.0_1
 libvala-0.26.so.0 libvala-0.26.2_1
 libSDL_net-1.2.so.0 SDL_net-1.2.7_1
 libmodplug.so.1 libmodplug-0.8.8_1
-libfetch.so libfetch-2.33_1
+libfetch.so.2 libfetch-2.34_8
 libneon.so.27 neon-0.29.5_1
 libsvn_subr-1.so.0 libsvn-1.7.5_1
 libsvn_diff-1.so.0 libsvn-1.7.5_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libfetch/patches/soname.patch b/srcpkgs/libfetch/patches/soname.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68e8008099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libfetch/patches/soname.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2015-02-16 10:55:42.669519299 +0100
++++ Makefile	2015-02-16 10:58:21.278068828 +0100
+@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+ prefix = /usr
+ DESTDIR =
++MAJOR = 2
++MINOR = 34
+ FETCH_WITH_INET6 = true
+ FETCH_WITH_OPENSSL = true
+ 
+@@ -41,25 +43,27 @@ httperr.h: http.errors Makefile errlist.
+ 
+ libfetch.so: $(GEN) $(INCS) $(OBJS)
+ 	rm -f $@
+-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LDADD) -shared -fPIC -o $@
++	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LDADD) -shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname=$@.$(MAJOR) -o $@.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR)
+ 
+ libfetch.a: $(GEN) $(INCS) $(OBJS)
+ 	rm -f $@
+ 	$(AR) rcs $@ $(OBJS)
+ 
+ clean:
+-	rm -f libfetch.so libfetch.a *.o $(GEN)
++	rm -f libfetch.so* libfetch.a *.o $(GEN)
+ .PHONY: clean
+ 
+ install: all
+-	$(INSTALL) -m 755 libfetch.so $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/libfetch.so
++	$(INSTALL) -m 755 libfetch.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/libfetch.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR)
++	ln -s libfetch.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/libfetch.so.$(MAJOR)
++	ln -s libfetch.so.$(MAJOR).$(MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/libfetch.so
+ 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 libfetch.a $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/libfetch.a
+ 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 fetch.h $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/include/fetch.h
+ 	$(INSTALL) -m 644 fetch.3 $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/share/man/man3/fetch.3
+ .PHONY: install
+ 
+ uninstall:
+-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/libfetch.so
++	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/libfetch.so*
+ 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/libfetch.a
+ 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/include/fetch.h
+ 	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/share/man/man3/fetch.3
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libfetch/template b/srcpkgs/libfetch/template
index 1c2db72e27..eeb5bd5131 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libfetch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libfetch/template
@@ -1,24 +1,23 @@
 # Template file for 'libfetch'
 pkgname=libfetch
 version=2.34
-revision=7
+revision=8
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 makedepends="libressl-devel>=2.1.3"
 short_desc="File Transfer Library for URLs"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-homepage="http://www.FreeBSD.org"
+homepage="http://www.NetBSD.org"
 license="Modified BSD"
 distfiles="http://repo.voidlinux.eu/distfiles/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=4e6d4541f213c9ab42ea94d49c2573f0a6f54b04f14668530960f1424b04f722
 
-shlib_provides="libfetch.so"
-
 libfetch-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/share
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove usr/lib/*.a
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
 	}
 }