diff --git a/app-text/recode/metadata.xml b/app-text/recode/metadata.xml
index 3e927f8d74800..9a994f3a85a31 100644
--- a/app-text/recode/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-text/recode/metadata.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
     <email>shell-tools@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Gentoo Shell Tools Project</name>
   </maintainer>
+  <slots>
+    <subslots>SONAME version for librecode</subslots>
+  </slots>
 </pkgmetadata>