diff --git a/x11/libxcvt/Makefile b/x11/libxcvt/Makefile
index 475dca89a61b..1b802074d1cb 100644
--- a/x11/libxcvt/Makefile
+++ b/x11/libxcvt/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 PORTNAME=	libxcvt
 DISTVERSION=	0.1.3
 CATEGORIES=	x11
 MASTER_SITES=	XORG/individual/lib
 
 MAINTAINER=	jbeich@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Calculate VESA CVT mode lines
 WWW=		https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxcvt
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		meson tar:xz
+PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=${PORTVERSION}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11/libxcvt/pkg-plist b/x11/libxcvt/pkg-plist
index 601c81385e0d..c6084d8658e7 100644
--- a/x11/libxcvt/pkg-plist
+++ b/x11/libxcvt/pkg-plist
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 bin/cvt
 include/libxcvt/libxcvt.h
 include/libxcvt/libxcvt_mode.h
 lib/libxcvt.so
 lib/libxcvt.so.0
-lib/libxcvt.so.0.1.2
+lib/libxcvt.so.%%VERSION%%
 libdata/pkgconfig/libxcvt.pc
 share/man/man1/cvt.1.gz