diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index ac06ac6..498080f 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ if get_option('default_library') == 'static' and host_machine.system() == 'windo
   add_project_arguments('-DCAIRO_WIN32_STATIC_BUILD', language: 'c')
 endif
 
+# conda-forge: maintain versioning compatibility with the previous
+# Autotools-based binaries. The `cairo_version` integer follows the
+# same scheme as the previous Autotools system.
+darwin_versions = ['11603.0.0', '@0@.0.0'.format(cairo_version)]
+
 libcairo = library('cairo', cairo_sources,
   dependencies: deps,
   c_args: cairo_no_warn_c_args + pthread_c_args + ['-DCAIRO_COMPILATION'],
@@ -248,6 +253,7 @@ libcairo = library('cairo', cairo_sources,
   gnu_symbol_visibility: 'hidden',
   soversion: cairo_version_sonum,
   version: cairo_libversion,
+  darwin_versions: darwin_versions,
   install: true,
   include_directories: incbase,
 )
diff --git a/util/cairo-gobject/meson.build b/util/cairo-gobject/meson.build
index 6600887..c80806f 100644
--- a/util/cairo-gobject/meson.build
+++ b/util/cairo-gobject/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ libcairogobject = library('cairo-gobject', cairo_gobject_sources,
   dependencies: [glib_dep, gobject_dep, libcairo_dep],
   soversion: cairo_version_sonum,
   version: cairo_libversion,
+  darwin_versions: darwin_versions,  # conda-forge: this is defined in src/meson.build
   gnu_symbol_visibility: 'hidden',
   c_args: ['-DCAIRO_COMPILATION'],
   link_args: extra_link_args,
diff --git a/util/cairo-script/meson.build b/util/cairo-script/meson.build
index 60cec2b..454979c 100644
--- a/util/cairo-script/meson.build
+++ b/util/cairo-script/meson.build
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ libcairoscript = library('cairo-script-interpreter',
   dependencies: deps + [libcairo_dep, lzo_dep],
   soversion: cairo_version_sonum,
   version: cairo_libversion,
+  darwin_versions: darwin_versions,  # conda-forge: this is defined in src/meson.build
   c_args: ['-DCAIRO_COMPILATION'],
   link_args: extra_link_args,
   install: true,