diff --git a/textproc/nuspell/Makefile b/textproc/nuspell/Makefile
index 198f43b5b7f1..a8cb0339b44e 100644
--- a/textproc/nuspell/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/nuspell/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	nuspell
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	5.1.4
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	jbeich@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast and safe spellchecking C++ library
 WWW=		https://nuspell.github.io/
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.LESSER
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libicuuc.so:devel/icu
 TEST_DEPENDS=	catch2>0:devel/catch2
 
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++17-lang
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CMAKE_OFF+=	${CMAKE_TESTING_ON}
+PLIST_SUB=	VERSION=${PORTVERSION}
 
 post-patch:
 # Skip README as it only contains install instructions
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -i .doc '/README/d' ${WRKSRC}/CMakeLists.txt
 # Respect PREFIX != /usr/local
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,/usr/local,${PREFIX},' \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/nuspell/finder.cxx
 
 makepatch-clean:
 	@${RM} ${WRKSRC}/tests/suggestiontest/Makefile.orig
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
 
 # XXX Don't override definition in Mk/bsd.port.mk
 makepatch:	makepatch-clean
diff --git a/textproc/nuspell/pkg-plist b/textproc/nuspell/pkg-plist
index 659e4ccd96f4..d0b4a0242e49 100644
--- a/textproc/nuspell/pkg-plist
+++ b/textproc/nuspell/pkg-plist
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 bin/nuspell
 include/nuspell/aff_data.hxx
 include/nuspell/checker.hxx
 include/nuspell/defines.hxx
 include/nuspell/dictionary.hxx
 include/nuspell/finder.hxx
 include/nuspell/nuspell_export.h
 include/nuspell/structures.hxx
 include/nuspell/suggester.hxx
 include/nuspell/unicode.hxx
 lib/cmake/nuspell/NuspellConfig.cmake
 lib/cmake/nuspell/NuspellConfigVersion.cmake
 lib/cmake/nuspell/NuspellTargets-%%CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE%%.cmake
 lib/cmake/nuspell/NuspellTargets.cmake
 lib/libnuspell.so
 lib/libnuspell.so.5
-lib/libnuspell.so.5.1.4
+lib/libnuspell.so.%%VERSION%%
 libdata/pkgconfig/nuspell.pc