diff --git a/Magick++/Makefile.am b/Magick++/Makefile.am
index 6a78531..098d387 100644
--- a/Magick++/Makefile.am
+++ b/Magick++/Makefile.am
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 	Magick++/lib/Magick++/STL.h \
 	Magick++/lib/Magick++/TypeMetric.h
 
-Magick___lib_libMagick___la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined \
+Magick___lib_libMagick___la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined $(MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS) \
 	-version-info $(MAGICK_LIBRARY_CURRENT):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_REVISION):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_AGE)
 Magick___lib_libMagick___la_LIBADD = $(MAGICKCORE_LIBS) $(MAGICKWAND_LIBS)
 
diff --git a/MagickCore/Makefile.am b/MagickCore/Makefile.am
index 4b942ea..8e990dd 100644
--- a/MagickCore/Makefile.am
+++ b/MagickCore/Makefile.am
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 endif # WITH_MODULES
 MagickCore_libMagickCore_la_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/ltdl -I$(top_srcdir)/ltdl $(LIBRARY_EXTRA_CPPFLAGS)
 MagickCore_libMagickCore_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -export-symbols-regex ".*" \
-  $(OSX_GCOV_LDFLAG) -version-info \
+  $(OSX_GCOV_LDFLAG) $(MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS) -version-info \
   $(MAGICK_LIBRARY_CURRENT):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_REVISION):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_AGE)
 MagickCore_libMagickCore_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(MAGICKCORE_LTDLDEPS)
 
diff --git a/MagickCore/version.h b/MagickCore/version.h
index bf99a64..322e99a 100644
--- a/MagickCore/version.h
+++ b/MagickCore/version.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 */
 #define MagickPackageName "ImageMagick"
 #define MagickCopyright  "Copyright (C) 1999-2012 ImageMagick Studio LLC"
-#define MagickSVNRevision  "9270:9274M"
+#define MagickSVNRevision  "9270:9275M"
 #define MagickLibVersion  0x700
 #define MagickLibVersionText  "7.0.0"
 #define MagickLibVersionNumber  7,0,0
diff --git a/MagickWand/Makefile.am b/MagickWand/Makefile.am
index ac34e00..92fc911 100644
--- a/MagickWand/Makefile.am
+++ b/MagickWand/Makefile.am
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 MagickWand_libMagickWand_la_SOURCES = $(MAGICKWAND_SOURCES)
 MagickWand_libMagickWand_la_CPPFLAGS = $(LIBRARY_EXTRA_CPPFLAGS)
 MagickWand_libMagickWand_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -export-symbols-regex ".*" \
-	-version-info \
+	$(MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS) -version-info \
 	$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_CURRENT):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_REVISION):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_AGE)
 MagickWand_libMagickWand_la_LIBADD = $(MAGICKCORE_LIBS) $(X11_LIBS) $(GOMP_LIBS) $(MATH_LIBS)
 
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index d38774c..690577f 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -2671,6 +2671,7 @@
 MAGICK_LIB_VERSION_NUMBER = @MAGICK_LIB_VERSION_NUMBER@
 MAGICK_LIB_VERSION_TEXT = @MAGICK_LIB_VERSION_TEXT@
 MAGICK_LTDLDEPS = @MAGICK_LTDLDEPS@
+MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS = @MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS@
 MAGICK_PCFLAGS = @MAGICK_PCFLAGS@
 MAGICK_SVN_REVISION = @MAGICK_SVN_REVISION@
 MAGICK_TARGET_CPU = @MAGICK_TARGET_CPU@
@@ -4100,7 +4101,7 @@
 @WITH_MODULES_TRUE@MagickCore_libMagickCore_la_LIBADD = $(MAGICK_DEP_LIBS) $(MAGICK_LIBLTDL)
 MagickCore_libMagickCore_la_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/ltdl -I$(top_srcdir)/ltdl $(LIBRARY_EXTRA_CPPFLAGS)
 MagickCore_libMagickCore_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -export-symbols-regex ".*" \
-  $(OSX_GCOV_LDFLAG) -version-info \
+  $(OSX_GCOV_LDFLAG) $(MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS) -version-info \
   $(MAGICK_LIBRARY_CURRENT):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_REVISION):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_AGE)
 
 MagickCore_libMagickCore_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(MAGICKCORE_LTDLDEPS)
@@ -4631,7 +4632,7 @@
 MagickWand_libMagickWand_la_SOURCES = $(MAGICKWAND_SOURCES)
 MagickWand_libMagickWand_la_CPPFLAGS = $(LIBRARY_EXTRA_CPPFLAGS)
 MagickWand_libMagickWand_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -export-symbols-regex ".*" \
-	-version-info \
+	$(MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS) -version-info \
 	$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_CURRENT):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_REVISION):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_AGE)
 
 MagickWand_libMagickWand_la_LIBADD = $(MAGICKCORE_LIBS) $(X11_LIBS) $(GOMP_LIBS) $(MATH_LIBS)
@@ -4756,7 +4757,7 @@
 	Magick++/lib/Magick++/STL.h \
 	Magick++/lib/Magick++/TypeMetric.h
 
-Magick___lib_libMagick___la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined \
+Magick___lib_libMagick___la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined $(MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS) \
 	-version-info $(MAGICK_LIBRARY_CURRENT):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_REVISION):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_AGE)
 
 Magick___lib_libMagick___la_LIBADD = $(MAGICKCORE_LIBS) $(MAGICKWAND_LIBS)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index afadc3d..b17826b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@
 MODULE_EXTRA_CPPFLAGS
 LIBSTDCLDFLAGS
 PERL_MAKE_OPTIONS
+MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS
 QUANTUM_DEPTH
 LEGACY_SUPPORT_FALSE
 LEGACY_SUPPORT_TRUE
@@ -1151,6 +1152,7 @@
 with_cache
 with_frozenpaths
 with_magick_plus_plus
+with_package_release_name
 with_perl
 with_perl_options
 with_umem
@@ -1864,7 +1866,7 @@
   --enable-ltdl-install   install libltdl
   --enable-delegate-build look for delegate libraries in build directory
   --disable-deprecated    exclude deprecated methods in MagickCore and
-                          MagickWand API's
+                          MagickWand APIs
   --disable-installed     Formally install ImageMagick under PREFIX
   --disable-cipher        disable enciphering and deciphering image pixels
   --enable-zero-configuration
@@ -1911,6 +1913,8 @@
   --with-frozenpaths      freeze delegate paths
   --without-magick-plus-plus
                           disable build/install of Magick++
+  --with-package-release-name=NAME
+                          encode this name into the shared library
   --with-perl             enable build/install of PerlMagick
   --with-perl-options=OPTIONS
                           options to pass on command-line when generating
@@ -3666,7 +3670,7 @@
 
 MAGICK_LIBRARY_VERSION_INFO=$MAGICK_LIBRARY_CURRENT:$MAGICK_LIBRARY_REVISION:$MAGICK_LIBRARY_AGE
 
-MAGICK_SVN_REVISION=9270:9274M
+MAGICK_SVN_REVISION=9270:9275M
 
 
 
@@ -22058,6 +22062,15 @@
 fi
 
 
+# Encode the this name into the shared library.
+
+# Check whether --with-package-release-name was given.
+if test "${with_package_release_name+set}" = set; then :
+  withval=$with_package_release_name; MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS="-release $withval"
+fi
+
+
+
 # Disable build/install of PerlMagick.
 
 # Check whether --with-perl was given.
@@ -35749,9 +35762,9 @@
 
 
 if test "$with_modules" != 'no'; then
-    MAGICK_DEP_LIBS="$LCMS_LIBS $FREETYPE_LIBS $LQR_LIBS $FFTW_LIBS $FONTCONFIG_LIBS $XEXT_LIBS $IPC_LIBS $X11_LIBS $XT_LIBS $LZMA_LIBS $BZLIB_LIBS $ZLIB_LIBS $GDI32_LIBS $MATH_LIBS $CCMALLOC_LIBS $EFENCE_LIBS $UMEM_LIBS $GOMP_LIBS $CL_LIBS $THREAD_LIBS"
+    MAGICK_DEP_LIBS="$LCMS_LIBS $FREETYPE_LIBS $LQR_LIBS $FFTW_LIBS $FONTCONFIG_LIBS $XEXT_LIBS $IPC_LIBS $X11_LIBS $XT_LIBS $LZMA_LIBS $BZLIB_LIBS $ZLIB_LIBS $GDI32_LIBS $MATH_LIBS $GOMP_LIBS $CL_LIBS $UMEM_LIBS $THREAD_LIBS"
 else
-    MAGICK_DEP_LIBS="$JBIG_LIBS $LCMS_LIBS $TIFF_LIBS $FREETYPE_LIBS $JP2_LIBS $JPEG_LIBS $GS_LIBS $LQR_LIBS $PNG_LIBS $AUTOTRACE_LIBS $DJVU_LIBS $FFTW_LIBS $FPX_LIBS $FONTCONFIG_LIBS $WEBP_LIBS $WMF_LIBS $DPS_LIBS $XEXT_LIBS $XT_LIBS $IPC_LIBS $X11_LIBS $LZMA_LIBS $BZLIB_LIBS $OPENEXR_LIBS $PANGO_LIBS $RSVG_LIBS $XML_LIBS $GVC_LIBS $ZLIB_LIBS $GDI32_LIBS $MATH_LIBS $CCMALLOC_LIBS $EFENCE_LIBS $UMEM_LIBS $GOMP_LIBS $CL_LIBS $THREAD_LIBS"
+    MAGICK_DEP_LIBS="$JBIG_LIBS $LCMS_LIBS $TIFF_LIBS $FREETYPE_LIBS $JP2_LIBS $JPEG_LIBS $GS_LIBS $LQR_LIBS $PNG_LIBS $AUTOTRACE_LIBS $DJVU_LIBS $FFTW_LIBS $FPX_LIBS $FONTCONFIG_LIBS $WEBP_LIBS $WMF_LIBS $DPS_LIBS $XEXT_LIBS $XT_LIBS $IPC_LIBS $X11_LIBS $LZMA_LIBS $BZLIB_LIBS $OPENEXR_LIBS $PANGO_LIBS $RSVG_LIBS $XML_LIBS $GVC_LIBS $ZLIB_LIBS $GDI32_LIBS $MATH_LIBS $GOMP_LIBS $CL_LIBS $UMEM_LIBS $THREAD_LIBS"
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f3acc2c..1dca2f2 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([deprecated],
     [AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-deprecated],
-                    [exclude deprecated methods in MagickCore and MagickWand API's])],
+                    [exclude deprecated methods in MagickCore and MagickWand APIs])],
     [enable_deprecated=$enableval],
     [enable_deprecated='no'])
 
@@ -755,6 +755,13 @@
     [with_magick_plus_plus=$withval],
     [with_magick_plus_plus='yes'])
 
+# Encode the this name into the shared library.
+AC_ARG_WITH([package-release-name],
+    [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-package-release-name=NAME],
+                    [encode this name into the shared library])],
+[MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS="-release $withval"])
+AC_SUBST(MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS)
+
 # Disable build/install of PerlMagick.
 AC_ARG_WITH([perl],
     [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-perl],
@@ -3716,9 +3723,9 @@
 AC_SUBST(MAGICK_LTDLDEPS)
 
 if test "$with_modules" != 'no'; then
-    MAGICK_DEP_LIBS="$LCMS_LIBS $FREETYPE_LIBS $LQR_LIBS $FFTW_LIBS $FONTCONFIG_LIBS $XEXT_LIBS $IPC_LIBS $X11_LIBS $XT_LIBS $LZMA_LIBS $BZLIB_LIBS $ZLIB_LIBS $GDI32_LIBS $MATH_LIBS $CCMALLOC_LIBS $EFENCE_LIBS $UMEM_LIBS $GOMP_LIBS $CL_LIBS $THREAD_LIBS"
+    MAGICK_DEP_LIBS="$LCMS_LIBS $FREETYPE_LIBS $LQR_LIBS $FFTW_LIBS $FONTCONFIG_LIBS $XEXT_LIBS $IPC_LIBS $X11_LIBS $XT_LIBS $LZMA_LIBS $BZLIB_LIBS $ZLIB_LIBS $GDI32_LIBS $MATH_LIBS $GOMP_LIBS $CL_LIBS $UMEM_LIBS $THREAD_LIBS"
 else
-    MAGICK_DEP_LIBS="$JBIG_LIBS $LCMS_LIBS $TIFF_LIBS $FREETYPE_LIBS $JP2_LIBS $JPEG_LIBS $GS_LIBS $LQR_LIBS $PNG_LIBS $AUTOTRACE_LIBS $DJVU_LIBS $FFTW_LIBS $FPX_LIBS $FONTCONFIG_LIBS $WEBP_LIBS $WMF_LIBS $DPS_LIBS $XEXT_LIBS $XT_LIBS $IPC_LIBS $X11_LIBS $LZMA_LIBS $BZLIB_LIBS $OPENEXR_LIBS $PANGO_LIBS $RSVG_LIBS $XML_LIBS $GVC_LIBS $ZLIB_LIBS $GDI32_LIBS $MATH_LIBS $CCMALLOC_LIBS $EFENCE_LIBS $UMEM_LIBS $GOMP_LIBS $CL_LIBS $THREAD_LIBS"
+    MAGICK_DEP_LIBS="$JBIG_LIBS $LCMS_LIBS $TIFF_LIBS $FREETYPE_LIBS $JP2_LIBS $JPEG_LIBS $GS_LIBS $LQR_LIBS $PNG_LIBS $AUTOTRACE_LIBS $DJVU_LIBS $FFTW_LIBS $FPX_LIBS $FONTCONFIG_LIBS $WEBP_LIBS $WMF_LIBS $DPS_LIBS $XEXT_LIBS $XT_LIBS $IPC_LIBS $X11_LIBS $LZMA_LIBS $BZLIB_LIBS $OPENEXR_LIBS $PANGO_LIBS $RSVG_LIBS $XML_LIBS $GVC_LIBS $ZLIB_LIBS $GDI32_LIBS $MATH_LIBS $GOMP_LIBS $CL_LIBS $UMEM_LIBS $THREAD_LIBS"
 fi
 AC_SUBST(MAGICK_DEP_LIBS)
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.am b/scripts/Makefile.am
index c56bb88..a4d0b5a 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.am
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.am
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 	Magick++/lib/Magick++/STL.h \
 	Magick++/lib/Magick++/TypeMetric.h
 
-Magick___lib_libMagick___la_LDFLAGS = \
+Magick___lib_libMagick___la_LDFLAGS = $(MAGICK_LT_RELEASE_OPTS) \
 	-version-info $(MAGICK_LIBRARY_CURRENT):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_REVISION):$(MAGICK_LIBRARY_AGE)
 Magick___lib_libMagick___la_LIBADD = $(MAGICKCORE_LIBS) $(MAGICKWAND_LIBS)