diff --git a/sr_unix/configure.gtc b/sr_unix/configure.gtc
index fdb6049b4..e754fc446 100755
--- a/sr_unix/configure.gtc
+++ b/sr_unix/configure.gtc
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ fi
 $echo "                     YottaDB Configuration Script"
 $echo "Copyright 2009, 2014 Fidelity Information Services, Inc. Use of this"
 $echo "software is restricted by the provisions of your license agreement."
-$echo "Copyright (c) 2017 YottaDB LLC. and/or its subsidiaries."
+$echo "Copyright (c) 2017-2018 YottaDB LLC. and/or its subsidiaries."
 $echo "All rights reserved."
 $echo ""
 
@@ -448,6 +448,14 @@ if [ "$doutf8" -ne 0 ]; then
 	fi
 fi
 
+# Install libgtmshr.so as a soft link to libyottadb.so for backward compatibility purposes just in case
+ln -s ./libyottadb$ext $gtmdist/libgtmshr$ext || echo ln -s ./libyottadb$ext $gtmdist/libgtmshr$ext
+if [ "$doutf8" -ne 0 ]; then
+	cd utf8
+	ln -s ../libgtmshr$ext $gtmdist/utf8/libgtmshr$ext || echo ln -s ../libgtmshr$ext $gtmdist/utf8/libgtmshr$ext
+	cd ..
+fi
+
 # Install COPYING as well as README.md (YottaDB) or README.txt (GT.M) if it is applicable
 for file in COPYING README.md README.txt
 do