diff --git a/amdgpu/meson.build b/amdgpu/meson.build
index 679de94d..dd65fbb3 100644
--- a/amdgpu/meson.build
+++ b/amdgpu/meson.build
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ libdrm_amdgpu = library(
   include_directories : [inc_root, inc_drm],
   link_with : libdrm,
   dependencies : [dep_threads, dep_atomic_ops, dep_rt],
-  version : '1.0.0',
+  version : '1.@0@.0'.format(patch_ver),
   install : true,
 )
 
diff --git a/etnaviv/meson.build b/etnaviv/meson.build
index b9650961..10861351 100644
--- a/etnaviv/meson.build
+++ b/etnaviv/meson.build
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ libdrm_etnaviv = library(
   c_args : libdrm_c_args,
   gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
   dependencies : [dep_threads, dep_rt, dep_atomic_ops],
-  version : '1.0.0',
+  version : '1.@0@.0'.format(patch_ver),
   install : true,
 )
 
diff --git a/exynos/meson.build b/exynos/meson.build
index c87be6b1..6a790f49 100644
--- a/exynos/meson.build
+++ b/exynos/meson.build
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ libdrm_exynos = library(
   include_directories : [inc_root, inc_drm],
   link_with : libdrm,
   dependencies : [dep_threads],
-  version : '1.0.0',
+  version : '1.@0@.0'.format(patch_ver),
   install : true,
 )
 
diff --git a/freedreno/meson.build b/freedreno/meson.build
index 1d1bd820..311f5794 100644
--- a/freedreno/meson.build
+++ b/freedreno/meson.build
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ libdrm_freedreno = library(
   include_directories : [inc_root, inc_drm],
   dependencies : [dep_valgrind, dep_threads, dep_rt, dep_atomic_ops],
   link_with : libdrm,
-  version : '1.0.0',
+  version : '1.@0@.0'.format(patch_ver),
   install : true,
 )
 
diff --git a/intel/meson.build b/intel/meson.build
index e609449c..2aa9c288 100644
--- a/intel/meson.build
+++ b/intel/meson.build
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ libdrm_intel = library(
   dependencies : [dep_pciaccess, dep_threads, dep_rt, dep_valgrind, dep_atomic_ops],
   c_args : libdrm_c_args,
   gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
-  version : '1.0.0',
+  version : '1.@0@.0'.format(patch_ver),
   install : true,
 )
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8fd0a196..7b26d7eb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 # SOFTWARE.
 
+# The versioning should always stay at 2.4.x. If bumping away from this,
+# you must ensure that all users of patch_ver are changed such that DSO versions
+# continuously increment (e.g. blindly bumping from 2.4.122 to 2.5.0 would
+# roll the libdrm DSO versioning from libdrm.so.2.122.0 back to libdrm.so.2.0.0
+# which would be bad)
 project(
   'libdrm',
   ['c'],
@@ -27,6 +32,8 @@ project(
   default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized', 'c_std=c11'],
 )
 
+patch_ver = meson.project_version().split('.')[2]
+
 if ['windows', 'darwin'].contains(host_machine.system())
   error('unsupported OS: @0@'.format(host_machine.system()))
 endif
@@ -256,7 +263,7 @@ libdrm_files = [files(
 if android
   libdrm_kw = {}
 else
-  libdrm_kw = {'version' : '2.4.0'}
+  libdrm_kw = { 'version' : '2.@0@.0'.format(patch_ver) }
 endif
 
 libdrm = library(
diff --git a/nouveau/meson.build b/nouveau/meson.build
index 71c8f552..ec28dd2d 100644
--- a/nouveau/meson.build
+++ b/nouveau/meson.build
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ libdrm_nouveau = library(
   include_directories : [inc_root, inc_drm],
   link_with : libdrm,
   dependencies : [dep_threads, dep_atomic_ops],
-  version : '2.0.0',
+  version : '2.@0@.0'.format(patch_ver),
   install : true,
 )
 
diff --git a/omap/meson.build b/omap/meson.build
index 8856d4ab..8187825a 100644
--- a/omap/meson.build
+++ b/omap/meson.build
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ libdrm_omap = library(
   gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
   link_with : libdrm,
   dependencies : [dep_threads, dep_atomic_ops],
-  version : '1.0.0',
+  version : '1.@0@.0'.format(patch_ver),
   install : true,
 )
 
diff --git a/radeon/meson.build b/radeon/meson.build
index 7aa9b705..bcf3239c 100644
--- a/radeon/meson.build
+++ b/radeon/meson.build
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ libdrm_radeon = library(
   include_directories : [inc_root, inc_drm],
   link_with : libdrm,
   dependencies : [dep_threads, dep_atomic_ops],
-  version : '1.0.1',
+  version : '1.@0@.0'.format(patch_ver),
   install : true,
 )
 
diff --git a/tegra/meson.build b/tegra/meson.build
index 11ce217b..dfec91d0 100644
--- a/tegra/meson.build
+++ b/tegra/meson.build
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ libdrm_tegra = library(
   dependencies : [dep_threads, dep_atomic_ops],
   c_args : libdrm_c_args,
   gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
-  version : '0.0.0',
+  version : '0.@0@.0'.format(patch_ver),
   install : true,
 )