diff --git a/net/libcares/Makefile b/net/libcares/Makefile
index 5f0e0a03641..f51b0be7081 100644
--- a/net/libcares/Makefile
+++ b/net/libcares/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.1.1.1 2008/04/22 12:19:58 fgsch Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.2 2008/04/23 09:57:04 ajacoutot Exp $
 
 COMMENT =	asynchronous resolver library
 
 V =		1.5.1
 DISTNAME =	c-ares-${V}
-PKGNAME =	libcares-${V}
+PKGNAME =	libcares-${V}p0
 CATEGORIES =	net devel
 
+SHARED_LIBS =	cares 0.0	# .2.0
+
 HOMEPAGE =	http://daniel.haxx.se/projects/c-ares/
 
 # MIT
@@ -17,6 +19,9 @@ PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP =	Yes
 
 MASTER_SITES =	${HOMEPAGE}
 
+USE_LIBTOOL =		Yes
+
 CONFIGURE_STYLE =	gnu
+CONFIGURE_ARGS =	${CONFIGURE_SHARED}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/libcares/pkg/PFRAG.shared b/net/libcares/pkg/PFRAG.shared
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..095ab5f34b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/libcares/pkg/PFRAG.shared
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@comment $OpenBSD: PFRAG.shared,v 1.1 2008/04/23 09:57:04 ajacoutot Exp $
+@lib lib/libcares.so.${LIBcares_VERSION}
diff --git a/net/libcares/pkg/PLIST b/net/libcares/pkg/PLIST
index 0d0105d4020..1c3e336bd58 100644
--- a/net/libcares/pkg/PLIST
+++ b/net/libcares/pkg/PLIST
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.1.1.1 2008/04/22 12:19:58 fgsch Exp $
+@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.2 2008/04/23 09:57:04 ajacoutot Exp $
+%%SHARED%%
 include/ares.h
 include/ares_dns.h
 include/ares_version.h