diff --git a/packages/liblzma/build.sh b/packages/liblzma/build.sh
index 2e679f096f..62db071e6f 100644
--- a/packages/liblzma/build.sh
+++ b/packages/liblzma/build.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,26 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="XZ-format compression library"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="LGPL-2.1, GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE_FILE="COPYING, COPYING.GPLv2, COPYING.GPLv3, COPYING.LGPLv2.1"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=5.4.0
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=5.4.1
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lzmautils/xz-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=7471ef5991f690268a8f2be019acec2e0564b7b233ca40035f339fe9a07f830b
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=e4b0f81582efa155ccf27bb88275254a429d44968e488fc94b806f2a61cd3e22
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="liblzma-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="liblzma-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=true
+
+termux_step_post_massage() {
+	# Do not forget to bump revision of reverse dependencies and rebuild them
+	# after SOVERSION is changed.
+	local _SOVERSION_GUARD_FILES="lib/liblzma.so.5"
+	local f
+	for f in ${_SOVERSION_GUARD_FILES}; do
+		if [ ! -e "${f}" ]; then
+			termux_error_exit "SOVERSION guard check failed."
+		fi
+	done
+
+	# Check if SONAME is properly set:
+	if ! readelf -d lib/liblzma.so | grep -q '(SONAME).*\[liblzma\.so\.'; then
+		termux_error_exit "SONAME of liblzma.so is not properly set."
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/packages/liblzma/configure.patch b/packages/liblzma/configure.patch
index 2374768c24..3da32cad43 100644
--- a/packages/liblzma/configure.patch
+++ b/packages/liblzma/configure.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+SOVERSION suffix is needed for SONAME of `liblzma.so` to avoid conflict
+with a system one (in /system/lib64 or /system/lib)
+
 diff -uNr xz-5.2.4/configure xz-5.2.4.mod/configure
 --- xz-5.2.4/configure	2018-04-29 19:01:24.000000000 +0300
 +++ xz-5.2.4.mod/configure	2019-05-03 15:50:52.793155366 +0300