diff --git a/lib/librte_pdump/meson.build b/lib/librte_pdump/meson.build
index 3a95eabde6..435107aa48 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pdump/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_pdump/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 # Copyright(c) 2017 Intel Corporation
 
+version = 2
 sources = files('rte_pdump.c')
 headers = files('rte_pdump.h')
 deps += ['ethdev']