diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a1e4b271..a4440ee1b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ option(USE_PERL "Use the older PERL scripts for build preparation instead of uni
 
 option(NO_WARMUP "Do not run a benchmark on each startup just to find the best location for the memory buffer" ON)
 
+option(FIXED_LIBNAME "Use a non-versioned name for the library and no symbolic linking to variant names" OFF)
+
+set(LIBNAMEPREFIX "" CACHE STRING  "Add a prefix to the openblas part of the library name" )
+set(LIBNAMESUFFIX "" CACHE STRING  "Add a suffix after the openblas part of the library name" )
+
 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
   option(NO_AFFINITY "Disable support for CPU affinity masks to avoid binding processes from e.g. R or numpy/scipy to a single core" ON)
 else()
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ message(WARNING "CMake support is experimental. It does not yet support all buil
 include("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/utils.cmake")
 include("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/system.cmake")
 
-set(OpenBLAS_LIBNAME openblas${SUFFIX64_UNDERSCORE})
+set(OpenBLAS_LIBNAME ${LIBNAMEPREFIX}openblas${LIBNAMESUFFIX}${SUFFIX64_UNDERSCORE})
 
 set(BLASDIRS interface driver/level2 driver/level3 driver/others)
 
@@ -336,11 +341,12 @@ endif()
     add_subdirectory(cpp_thread_test)
   endif()
 
+if (NOT FIXED_LIBNAME)
 set_target_properties(${OpenBLAS_LIBS} PROPERTIES
   VERSION ${OpenBLAS_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OpenBLAS_MINOR_VERSION}
   SOVERSION ${OpenBLAS_MAJOR_VERSION}
 )
-
+endif()
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND BUILD_RELAPACK)
   if (NOT MSVC)
     target_link_libraries(${OpenBLAS_LIBNAME}_shared "-Wl,-allow-multiple-definition")