diff --git a/dpctl-capi/CMakeLists.txt b/dpctl-capi/CMakeLists.txt
index a5ddca20ef..2ab8383480 100644
--- a/dpctl-capi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dpctl-capi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,6 +147,29 @@ target_link_libraries(DPCTLSyclInterface
     PRIVATE ${IntelSycl_OPENCL_LIBRARY}
 )
 
+include(GetProjectVersion)
+# the get_version function is defined in the GetProjectVersion module and
+# defines: VERSION, SEMVER, MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH. These variables are populated
+# by parsing the output of git describe.
+get_version()
+set_target_properties(DPCTLSyclInterface
+    PROPERTIES
+        VERSION ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}
+        SOVERSION ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}
+)
+
+if(UNIX)
+    set(linker_script1
+        "INPUT(libDPCTLSyclInterface.so.${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR})"
+    )
+    add_custom_command(TARGET DPCTLSyclInterface POST_BUILD
+        COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E remove "libDPCTLSyclInterface.so"
+        COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
+            -E echo "${linker_script1}" > "libDPCTLSyclInterface.so"
+        VERBATIM
+    )
+endif()
+
 if(DPCTL_ENABLE_LO_PROGRAM_CREATION)
     target_include_directories(DPCTLSyclInterface
         PRIVATE
@@ -154,17 +177,6 @@ if(DPCTL_ENABLE_LO_PROGRAM_CREATION)
     )
 endif()
 
-# FIXME: Turning off for release until conda build can be packaging symbolic links
-# NOTE: Till we hit 1.0.0 we will keep using the MINOR version to set the API
-# version of the library.
-# include(GetProjectVersion)
-# the get_version function is defined in the GetProjectVersion module and
-# defines: VERSION, SEMVER, MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH. These variables are populated
-# by parsing the output of git describe.
-# get_version()
-# set_target_properties(DPCTLSyclInterface PROPERTIES VERSION ${VERSION_MINOR})
-# set_target_properties(DPCTLSyclInterface PROPERTIES SOVERSION 1)
-
 install(TARGETS
     DPCTLSyclInterface
     LIBRARY