--- old/GDALmake.opt.in.orig	2008-02-02 18:25:48.000000000 -0800
+++ new/GDALmake.opt.in	2008-02-02 18:54:53.000000000 -0800
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@
 GDAL_SLIB	=	$(GDAL_ROOT)/libgdal.$(SO_EXT)
 GDAL_SLIB_LINK	=	-L$(GDAL_ROOT) -lgdal
 
+# for building without libtool
+GDAL_SLIB_SO_VER =	$(GDAL_VERSION_MAJOR).$(LIBGDAL_CURRENT).$(LIBGDAL_REVISION)
+GDAL_SLIB_SONAME =	-Wl,-soname,libgdal.$(SO_EXT).$(GDAL_VERSION_MAJOR)
+
 # Mac OS X Framework definition
 MACOSX_FRAMEWORK = @MACOSX_FRAMEWORK@