diff --git a/icu4c/source/icudefs.mk.in b/icu4c/source/icudefs.mk.in
index db2f3e30ed0..0f05b097d4a 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/icudefs.mk.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/icudefs.mk.in
@@ -151,13 +151,13 @@ INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
 INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
 
 # Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data/out -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -l$(ICUPREFIX)data$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
-LIBICUUC=       -L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc$(ICULIBSUFFIX) $(LIBICUDT)
-LIBICUI18N=     -L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
-LIBICULE=       -L$(top_builddir)/layout -l$(ICUPREFIX)le$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
-LIBCTESTFW=     -L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL= -L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
+LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data/out -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -l$(ICUPREFIX)data$(ICULIBSUFFIX)$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_SUFFIX)
+LIBICUUC=       -L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc$(ICULIBSUFFIX)$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_SUFFIX) $(LIBICUDT)
+LIBICUI18N=     -L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n$(ICULIBSUFFIX)$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_SUFFIX)
+LIBICULE=       -L$(top_builddir)/layout -l$(ICUPREFIX)le$(ICULIBSUFFIX)$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_SUFFIX)
+LIBCTESTFW=     -L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw$(ICULIBSUFFIX)$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_SUFFIX)
+LIBICUTOOLUTIL= -L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil$(ICULIBSUFFIX)$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_SUFFIX)
+LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio$(ICULIBSUFFIX)$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_SUFFIX)
 
 # Invoke, set library path for all ICU libraries.
 INVOKE = $(LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR)=$(top_builddir)/common:$(top_builddir)/i18n:$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil:$(top_builddir)/layout:$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio:$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw:$(top_builddir)/data/out:$(top_builddir)/data:$(top_builddir)/stubdata/:$$$(LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR)