diff --git a/packages/libgeotiff/build.sh b/packages/libgeotiff/build.sh
index 36454f3a46..196f79d63d 100644
--- a/packages/libgeotiff/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libgeotiff/build.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
 "
 
+termux_step_post_get_source() {
+	# Do not forget to bump revision of reverse dependencies and rebuild them
+	# after SOVERSION is changed.
+	local _SOVERSION=5
+
+	local e=$(sed -En 's/^libgeotiff_la_LDFLAGS\s*=.*\s+-version-info\s+([0-9]+):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*/\1-\3/p' \
+			libgeotiff/Makefile.am)
+	if [ ! "${e}" ] || [ "${_SOVERSION}" != "$(( "${e}" ))" ]; then
+		termux_error_exit "SOVERSION guard check failed."
+	fi
+}
+
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR+="/libgeotiff"
 }