diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea304da7..2e20e98e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ pkill
 pmap
 procps-ng-*.tar.gz
 proc/.depend
-proc/libproc-ng.la
-proc/libproc-ng.pc
+proc/libprocfs.la
+proc/libprocfs.pc
 proc/Makefile
 proc/Makefile.in
 ps/Makefile
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a748c7e8..3d31da8c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 SUBDIRS = proc ps testsuite
 
 AM_CFLAGS = -Iproc
-AM_LDFLAGS = ./proc/libproc-ng.la
+AM_LDFLAGS = ./proc/libprocfs.la
 
 sbin_PROGRAMS = \
 	sysctl
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c581d369..7b6bd668 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ AC_SUBST(DEJAGNU)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([
 Makefile
 proc/Makefile
-proc/libproc-ng.pc
+proc/libprocfs.pc
 ps/Makefile
 testsuite/Makefile
 ])
diff --git a/proc/Makefile.am b/proc/Makefile.am
index e101734c..633f8b93 100644
--- a/proc/Makefile.am
+++ b/proc/Makefile.am
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
 PACKAGE_VERSION = @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -include $(top_builddir)/config.h
-lib_LTLIBRARIES = libproc-ng.la
 
-libproc_ng_ladir = $(ladir)
-libproc_ng_la_LIBADD = $(LIB_KPARTS)
-libproc_ng_la_LDFLAGS = \
+LIBPROCFS_CURRENT=0
+LIBPROCFS_REVISION=0
+LIBPROCFS_AGE=0
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libprocfs.la
+
+libprocfs_ladir = $(ladir)
+libprocfs_la_LIBADD = $(LIB_KPARTS)
+libprocfs_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	$(AM_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(all_libraries) \
-	-release $(PACKAGE_VERSION) \
+	-version-info $(LIBPROCFS_CURRENT):$(LIBPROCFS_REVISION):$(LIBPROCFS_AGE) \
 	-no-undefined \
-	-Wl,--version-script=$(top_srcdir)/proc/library.map
+	-Wl,--version-script=$(top_srcdir)/proc/libprocfs.sym
 
 EXTRA_DIST = library.map
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
-pkgconfig_DATA = libproc-ng.pc
+pkgconfig_DATA = libprocfs.pc
 
-libproc_ng_la_SOURCES = \
+libprocfs_la_SOURCES = \
 	alloc.c \
 	alloc.h \
 	devname.c \
@@ -41,8 +46,8 @@ libproc_ng_la_SOURCES = \
 	whattime.c \
 	whattime.h
 
-libproc_ng_la_includedir = $(includedir)/proc/
-libproc_ng_la_include_HEADERS =  \
+libprocfs_la_includedir = $(includedir)/proc/
+libprocfs_la_include_HEADERS =  \
 	alloc.h \
 	devname.h \
 	escape.h \
diff --git a/proc/libproc-ng.pc.in b/proc/libprocfs.pc.in
similarity index 81%
rename from proc/libproc-ng.pc.in
rename to proc/libprocfs.pc.in
index 86390439..0167c66a 100644
--- a/proc/libproc-ng.pc.in
+++ b/proc/libprocfs.pc.in
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
 libdir=@libdir@
 includedir=@includedir@
 
-Name: libproc-ng
+Name: libprocfs
 Description: Library to control and query process state
 Version: @VERSION@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lproc-ng
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lprocfs
 Libs.private:
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/proc/library.map b/proc/libprocfs.sym
similarity index 100%
rename from proc/library.map
rename to proc/libprocfs.sym
diff --git a/ps/Makefile.am b/ps/Makefile.am
index ced42f23..84df5c23 100644
--- a/ps/Makefile.am
+++ b/ps/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -include $(top_builddir)/config.h
 
 AM_CFLAGS = -I../proc
-AM_LDFLAGS = ../proc/libproc-ng.la
+AM_LDFLAGS = ../proc/libprocfs.la
 
 dist_man_MANS = ps.1