diff -up sendmail-8.14.3/devtools/M4/UNIX/sharedlibrary.m4.sharedmilter sendmail-8.14.3/devtools/M4/UNIX/sharedlibrary.m4
--- sendmail-8.14.3/devtools/M4/UNIX/sharedlibrary.m4.sharedmilter	2009-01-20 15:19:34.000000000 +0100
+++ sendmail-8.14.3/devtools/M4/UNIX/sharedlibrary.m4	2009-01-20 15:19:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -15,22 +15,23 @@ divert(-1)
 divert(0)dnl
 include(confBUILDTOOLSDIR`/M4/'bldM4_TYPE_DIR`/links.m4')dnl
 bldLIST_PUSH_ITEM(`bldC_PRODUCTS', bldCURRENT_PRODUCT)dnl
-bldPUSH_TARGET(bldCURRENT_PRODUCT`.a')dnl
+bldPUSH_TARGET(bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.so.confSOVER.confSOPLVL)dnl
 bldPUSH_INSTALL_TARGET(`install-'bldCURRENT_PRODUCT)dnl
 bldPUSH_CLEAN_TARGET(bldCURRENT_PRODUCT`-clean')dnl
 
 include(confBUILDTOOLSDIR`/M4/'bldM4_TYPE_DIR`/defines.m4')
 divert(bldTARGETS_SECTION)
-bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.a: ${BEFORE} ${bldCURRENT_PRODUCT`OBJS'}
-	${AR} ${AROPTS} bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.a ${bldCURRENT_PRODUCT`OBJS'}
-	${RANLIB} ${RANLIBOPTS} bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.a
+bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.so.confSOVER.confSOPLVL: ${BEFORE} ${bldCURRENT_PRODUCT`OBJS'}
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDOPTS_SO} -o bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.so.confSOVER.confSOPLVL `-Wl,'confSONAME`,'bldCURRENT_PRODUCT`.so.'confSOVER ${bldCURRENT_PRODUCT`OBJS'}
 ifdef(`bldLINK_SOURCES', `bldMAKE_SOURCE_LINKS(bldLINK_SOURCES)')
 
-install-`'bldCURRENT_PRODUCT: bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.a
+install-`'bldCURRENT_PRODUCT: bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.so.confSOVER.confSOPLVL
 ifdef(`bldINSTALLABLE', `	ifdef(`confMKDIR', `if [ ! -d ${DESTDIR}${bldINSTALL_DIR`'LIBDIR} ]; then confMKDIR -p ${DESTDIR}${bldINSTALL_DIR`'LIBDIR}; else :; fi ')
-	${INSTALL} -c -o ${LIBOWN} -g ${LIBGRP} -m ${LIBMODE} bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.a ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}')
+	${LN} ${LNOPTS} bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.so.confSOVER.confSOPLVL ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.so.confSOVER
+	${LN} ${LNOPTS} bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.so.confSOVER ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}/bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.so
+	${INSTALL} -c -o ${LIBOWN} -g ${LIBGRP} -m ${LIBMODE} bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.so.confSOVER`.'confSOPLVL ${DESTDIR}${LIBDIR}')
 
 bldCURRENT_PRODUCT-clean:
-	rm -f ${OBJS} bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.a ${MANPAGES}
+	rm -f ${OBJS} bldCURRENT_PRODUCT.so* ${MANPAGES}
 
 divert(0)
diff -up sendmail-8.14.3/libmilter/Makefile.m4.sharedmilter sendmail-8.14.3/libmilter/Makefile.m4
--- sendmail-8.14.3/libmilter/Makefile.m4.sharedmilter	2008-04-08 07:23:44.000000000 +0200
+++ sendmail-8.14.3/libmilter/Makefile.m4	2009-01-20 15:26:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ define(`confMT', `true')
 SMSRCDIR=ifdef(`confSMSRCDIR', `confSMSRCDIR', `${SRCDIR}/sendmail')
 PREPENDDEF(`confINCDIRS', `-I${SMSRCDIR} ')
 
-bldPRODUCT_START(`library', `libmilter')
+APPENDDEF(`confOPTIMIZE', `-fno-pie -fPIC')
+define(`runCtest', `esyscmd(`echo -e "#include <stdio.h>\n#include \"../include/libmilter/mfapi.h\"\nint main(){'$1`;return 0;}" | gcc -x c -I../include -o ctest - && ./ctest && rm -f ctest')')dnl
+define(`confSOVER', runCtest(`printf(\"%d.%d\", SM_LM_VRS_MAJOR(SMFI_VERSION), SM_LM_VRS_MINOR(SMFI_VERSION))'))dnl
+define(`confSOPLVL', runCtest(`printf(\"%d\", SM_LM_VRS_PLVL(SMFI_VERSION))'))dnl
+bldPRODUCT_START(`sharedlibrary', `libmilter')
 define(`bldINSTALLABLE', `true')
 define(`LIBMILTER_EXTRAS', `errstring.c strl.c')
 APPENDDEF(`confENVDEF', `-DNOT_SENDMAIL -Dsm_snprintf=snprintf')