diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake
index a2b4926cf0..6ffaab94cf 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ set(OPENCV_VERSION_PLAIN "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPEN
 
 set(OPENCV_VERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_PLAIN}${OPENCV_VERSION_STATUS}")
 
-set(OPENCV_SOVERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}")
-set(OPENCV_LIBVERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH}")
+string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9][0-9]$" OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR_2DIGITS "00${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}")
+string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9][0-9]$" OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH_2DIGITS "00${OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH}")
+ocv_update(OPENCV_SOVERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR_2DIGITS}")
+ocv_update(OPENCV_LIBVERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 # create a dependency on the version file
 # we never use the output of the following command but cmake will rerun automatically if the version file changes