diff --git a/buildhelp/bdist_wheel.py b/buildhelp/bdist_wheel.py
index 1c67f5b4..905c6256 100644
--- a/buildhelp/bdist_wheel.py
+++ b/buildhelp/bdist_wheel.py
@@ -44,5 +44,6 @@ def run(self):
 
             if cyclone.idlc_executable and cyclone.idlc_library:
                 shutil.copy(cyclone.idlc_executable, newlibdir / cyclone.idlc_executable.name)
+                shutil.copy(cyclone.idlc_library, newlibdir / cyclone.idlc_library.name)
 
         super().run()
diff --git a/buildhelp/cyclone_search.py b/buildhelp/cyclone_search.py
index 6ee34a0d..8435a34b 100644
--- a/buildhelp/cyclone_search.py
+++ b/buildhelp/cyclone_search.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
 """
-import os
+import os, sys
 import platform
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional
@@ -33,6 +33,31 @@ def first_or_none(alist):
     if alist:
         return alist[0]
 
+def library_soname(alib : Path) -> Path:
+    '''Ensure shared lib copied into wheel with proper name.'''
+    if platform.system() == "Linux":
+        from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
+        from elftools.elf.dynamic import DynamicSegment
+        with open(alib, 'rb') as f:
+            ef = ELFFile(f)
+            try:
+                dynamic_segment = next(s for s in ef.iter_segments() if isinstance(s, DynamicSegment))
+                soname_tag = next(t for t in dynamic_segment.iter_tags() if t['d_tag'] == 'DT_SONAME')
+                return alib.parent / soname_tag.soname
+            except StopIteration:
+                return None
+    if not os.getenv('MSYSTEM') is None:
+        if alib.suffixes[-2:] == ['.dll', '.a']:
+            root = Path(os.getenv('CYCLONEDDS_HOME')) / 'bin'
+            test = root / alib.stem
+            if test.exists():
+                return test
+            if alib.stem[:3] == 'lib':
+                test = root / alib.stem[3:]
+            if test.exists():
+                return test
+            raise RuntimeError(f'no shared lib for {alib}')
+    return alib
 
 def good_directory(directory: Path):
     dir = directory.resolve()
@@ -70,10 +95,10 @@ def good_directory(directory: Path):
         include_path=include_path,
         library_path=libdir,
         binary_path=bindir,
-        ddsc_library=ddsc_library,
+        ddsc_library=library_soname(ddsc_library),
         idlc_executable=idlc_executable,
-        idlc_library=idlc_library,
-        security_libs=security_libs
+        idlc_library=library_soname(idlc_library),
+        security_libs=[library_soname(s) for s in security_libs]
     )
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9f191824..0dd3c602 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=42.0.2",
-    "wheel>=0.29.0"
+    "wheel>=0.29.0",
+    "pyelftools>=0.30;sys_platform=='linux'"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"