diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b864c1f..473cedb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ UNAME := $(shell uname)
 SED := sed -i
 LIB_NAME := libgovarnam.so
 SO_NAME := $(shell (echo $(VERSION) | cut -d. -f1))
+CURDIR := $(shell pwd)
 
 ifeq ($(UNAME), Darwin)
   SED := sed -i ""
   LIB_NAME = libgovarnam.dylib
 else
-  EXT_LDFLAGS = -extldflags -Wl,-soname,$(LIB_NAME).$(SO_NAME)
+  EXT_LDFLAGS = -extldflags "-Wl,-soname,$(LIB_NAME).$(SO_NAME),--version-script,$(CURDIR)/govarnam.syms"
 endif
 
 VERSION_STAMP_LDFLAGS := -X 'github.com/varnamproject/govarnam/govarnam.BuildString=${BUILDSTR}' -X 'github.com/varnamproject/govarnam/govarnam.VersionString=${VERSION}' $(EXT_LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/govarnam.syms b/govarnam.syms
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e5bdd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/govarnam.syms
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+        global:
+                varnam_*;
+                varray_*;
+                vm_*;
+        local:
+                *;
+};
+