diff --git a/packages/gumbo-parser/build.sh b/packages/gumbo-parser/build.sh
index ca314a95e7..641040b56a 100644
--- a/packages/gumbo-parser/build.sh
+++ b/packages/gumbo-parser/build.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/google/gumbo-parser/archive/v$TERMUX_PKG_VE
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=28463053d44a5dfbc4b77bcf49c8cee119338ffa636cc17fc3378421d714efad
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
 
+termux_step_post_get_source() {
+	# Do not forget to bump revision of reverse dependencies and rebuild them
+	# after SOVERSION is changed.
+	local _SOVERSION=1
+
+	local e=$(sed -En 's/^libgumbo_la_LDFLAGS\s*=.*\s+-version-info\s+([0-9]+):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*/\1-\3/p' \
+			Makefile.am)
+	if [ ! "${e}" ] || [ "${_SOVERSION}" != "$(( "${e}" ))" ]; then
+		termux_error_exit "SOVERSION guard check failed."
+	fi
+}
+
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh
 }