diff --git a/x11-toolkits/wlroots-devel/override.mk b/x11-toolkits/wlroots-devel/override.mk
index 45bd059006f2..f5d221efd5ca 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/wlroots-devel/override.mk
+++ b/x11-toolkits/wlroots-devel/override.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 WLR_SUFFIX=	-devel
+WLR_SOVERSION=	13
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS:S/wlroots/&${WLR_SUFFIX}/g}
-LIB_DEPENDS:=	${LIB_DEPENDS:S/wlroots$/&${WLR_SUFFIX}/}
+LIB_DEPENDS:=	${LIB_DEPENDS:S/wlroots.so/&.${WLR_SOVERSION}/:S/wlroots$/&${WLR_SUFFIX}/}
 
 USES+=		localbase # -isystem
 CONFIGURE_ENV+=	PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${LOCALBASE}/wlroots${WLR_SUFFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig"
 MAKE_ENV+=	PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${LOCALBASE}/wlroots${WLR_SUFFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig"