diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4da3f77c43dd5d1892f9705500d67ef5ae2d6e04..7bfee10e41ceda9b8c34ee51cc02bc7d074946e6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ ENDIF()
 
 IF(PAHO_BUILD_DEB_PACKAGE)
     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR share/doc/libpaho-mqtt)
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_GENERATE_SHLIBS ON)
+    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_GENERATE_SHLIBS_POLICY ">=")
 ENDIF()
 
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(src)