diff --git a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
index 5f155b4..97c8b04 100644
--- a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
+++ b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ endmacro( )
 macro( tde_install_la_file _target _destination )
 
   get_target_property( _target_location ${_target} LOCATION )
-  get_filename_component( _laname ${_target_location} NAME_WE )
   get_filename_component( _soname ${_target_location} NAME )
+  string( REGEX REPLACE "\\.so(\\.[0-9]+)*$" "" _laname "${_soname}" )
   set( _laname ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_laname}.la )
 
   file( WRITE ${_laname}
@@ -450,7 +450,8 @@ macro( tde_install_libtool_file _target _destination )
   get_target_property( _target_location ${_target} LOCATION )
 
   # get name of target
-  get_filename_component( _name ${_target_location} NAME_WE )
+  get_filename_component( _name ${_target_location} NAME )
+  string( REGEX REPLACE "\\.so(\\.[0-9]+)*$" "" _name "${_name}" )
 
   # get .la name
   set( _laname ${_name}.la )