diff --git a/src/libbpf_internal.h b/src/libbpf_internal.h
index 2e83a34..98216a6 100644
--- a/src/libbpf_internal.h
+++ b/src/libbpf_internal.h
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@
 	(offsetof(TYPE, FIELD) + sizeof(((TYPE *)0)->FIELD))
 #endif
 
+/* Symbol versioning is different between static and shared library.
+ * Properly versioned symbols are needed for shared library, but
+ * only the symbol of the new version is needed for static library.
+ */
+#ifdef SHARED
+# define COMPAT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
+	asm(".symver " #internal_name "," #api_name "@" #version);
+# define DEFAULT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
+	asm(".symver " #internal_name "," #api_name "@@" #version);
+#else
+# define COMPAT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version)
+# define DEFAULT_VERSION(internal_name, api_name, version) \
+	extern typeof(internal_name) api_name \
+	__attribute__((alias(#internal_name)));
+#endif
+
 extern void libbpf_print(enum libbpf_print_level level,
 			 const char *format, ...)
 	__attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
diff --git a/src/xsk.c b/src/xsk.c
index 24fa313..a902838 100644
--- a/src/xsk.c
+++ b/src/xsk.c
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ int xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2(struct xsk_umem **umem_ptr, void *umem_area,
 	return xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4(umem_ptr, umem_area, size, fill, comp,
 					&config);
 }
-asm(".symver xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2, xsk_umem__create@LIBBPF_0.0.2");
-asm(".symver xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4, xsk_umem__create@@LIBBPF_0.0.4");
+COMPAT_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.2)
+DEFAULT_VERSION(xsk_umem__create_v0_0_4, xsk_umem__create, LIBBPF_0.0.4)
 
 static int xsk_load_xdp_prog(struct xsk_socket *xsk)
 {