diff --git a/package/hiredis/hiredis.mk b/package/hiredis/hiredis.mk
index 53ad0b9e4a..c2be936507 100644
--- a/package/hiredis/hiredis.mk
+++ b/package/hiredis/hiredis.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-HIREDIS_VERSION = v0.13.3
+HIREDIS_VERSION_MAJOR = 0.13
+HIREDIS_VERSION = v$(HIREDIS_VERSION_MAJOR).3
 HIREDIS_SITE = $(call github,redis,hiredis,$(HIREDIS_VERSION))
 HIREDIS_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 HIREDIS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
@@ -37,12 +38,15 @@ define HIREDIS_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 		$(@D)/adapters $(HIREDIS_INCLUDE_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 $(@D)/hiredis.pc \
 		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/hiredis.pc
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -t $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib $(@D)/libhiredis*
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libhiredis.so \
+		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libhiredis.so.$(HIREDIS_VERSION_MAJOR)
+	ln -sf libhiredis.so.$(HIREDIS_VERSION_MAJOR) $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libhiredis.so
 endef
 
 define HIREDIS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -t $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib $(@D)/libhiredis*
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/libhiredis.so \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libhiredis.so.$(HIREDIS_VERSION_MAJOR)
+	ln -sf libhiredis.so.$(HIREDIS_VERSION_MAJOR) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libhiredis.so
 endef
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))