diff --git a/lib/librte_bitratestats/meson.build b/lib/librte_bitratestats/meson.build
index ede7e0a579..c35b62b3dc 100644
--- a/lib/librte_bitratestats/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_bitratestats/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
+version = 2
 sources = files('rte_bitrate.c')
 headers = files('rte_bitrate.h')
 deps += ['ethdev', 'metrics']