diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris b/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris
index 1947c879474..263b38eaf13 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -G
 LD_RPATH=	-R
 LD_RPATH_PRE=	
 
+## Compiler switch to embed a library name
+LD_SONAME = -h $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
+
+## Versioned target for a shared library.
+FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
+MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET)
+
 ## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
 LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
@@ -82,4 +89,11 @@ LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
 	@echo "Generating dependency information for $<"
 	@$(GEN_DEPS.cc) $< > $@
 
+## Versioned libraries rules
+
+%.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
+	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $< $@
+%.$(SO): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
+	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $*.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) $@
+
 ## End Solaris-specific setup
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris-sparcv9 b/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris-sparcv9
index 9565f8da3bf..d197962a58d 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris-sparcv9
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris-sparcv9
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFL
 LD_RPATH=	-R
 LD_RPATH_PRE=	
 
+## Compiler switch to embed a library name
+LD_SONAME = -h $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
+
+## Versioned target for a shared library.
+FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
+MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET)
+
 ## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
 LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
@@ -76,4 +83,11 @@ LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
 	@echo "Generating dependency information for $<"
 	@$(GEN_DEPS.cc) $< > $@
 
+## Versioned libraries rules
+
+%.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
+	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $< $@
+%.$(SO): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
+	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $*.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) $@
+
 ## End Solaris-specific setup