diff --git a/fairmq/CMakeLists.txt b/fairmq/CMakeLists.txt
index b4bf3978..91c82605 100644
--- a/fairmq/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fairmq/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ if(BUILD_FAIRMQ)
   set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES
     VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
     SOVERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}"
+    OUTPUT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER}
   )
   if(BUILD_TIDY_TOOL AND RUN_FAIRMQ_TIDY)
     fairmq_target_tidy(TARGET ${target})
diff --git a/fairmq/plugins/PMIx/CMakeLists.txt b/fairmq/plugins/PMIx/CMakeLists.txt
index de8e6817..6cf02948 100644
--- a/fairmq/plugins/PMIx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fairmq/plugins/PMIx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${plugin} PUBLIC FairMQ PMIx::libpmix)
 target_include_directories(${plugin} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 set_target_properties(${plugin} PROPERTIES
   CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden
-  VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
-  SOVERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}"
+  OUTPUT_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER}-plugin-pmix"
 )
 
 set(exe fairmq-pmix-command-ui)