diff --git a/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake b/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake
index 11ca205e1..23bf93335 100644
--- a/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake
+++ b/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ macro(SWIG_ADD_MODULE name language)
     MODULE
     ${swig_generated_sources}
     ${swig_other_sources})
+  set_target_properties(${SWIG_MODULE_${name}_REAL_NAME} PROPERTIES NO_SONAME ON)
   string(TOLOWER "${language}" swig_lowercase_language)
   if ("${swig_lowercase_language}" STREQUAL "octave")
     set_target_properties(${SWIG_MODULE_${name}_REAL_NAME} PROPERTIES PREFIX "")