diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9d99db2..9e578cc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -13,19 +13,34 @@
 # copied from glib
 m4_define([libnl_major_version], [3])
 m4_define([libnl_minor_version], [2])
-m4_define([libnl_micro_version], [7]) # bump for every release unless minor was bumped
-m4_define([libnl_lt_revision],	 [2]) # bump or reset to 0 if interfaces were added
-m4_define([libnl_backwards_age], [7]) # bump whenever a release is backwards compatible
-                                      # bump with +100 if a minor release is compatible
-				      # reset to 0 if interfaces were removed
+m4_define([libnl_micro_version], [8])
+
+
+# If either revision or age are omitted, they default to 0. Also note that age
+# must be less than or equal to the current interface number.
+#
+# Here are a set of rules to help you update your library version information:
+#
+# 1. Start with version information of `0:0:0' for each libtool library.
+# 2. Update the version information only immediately before a public release
+#    of your software. More frequent updates are unnecessary, and only
+#    guarantee that the current interface number gets larger faster.
+# 3. If the library source code has changed at all since the last update, then
+#    increment revision (`c:r:a' becomes `c:r+1:a').
+# 4. If any interfaces have been added, removed, or changed since the last
+#    update, increment current, and set revision to 0.
+# 5. If any interfaces have been added since the last public release, then
+#    increment age.
+# 6. If any interfaces have been removed since the last public release, then
+#    set age to 0.
+
+m4_define([libnl_lt_current],    [206])
+m4_define([libnl_lt_revision],	 [0])
+m4_define([libnl_lt_age],        [6])
 
 m4_define([libnl_version],
 	  [libnl_major_version.libnl_minor_version.libnl_micro_version])
 
-m4_define([libnl_lt_age], [m4_eval(libnl_backwards_age - libnl_lt_revision)])
-m4_define([libnl_lt_current],
-	  [m4_eval(100 * libnl_minor_version + libnl_micro_version - libnl_lt_revision)])
-
 AC_INIT(libnl, [libnl_version], [http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([lib/defs.h])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])