diff --git a/mac/CMakeLists.txt b/mac/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a1c1d95..1ff862bd 100644
--- a/mac/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mac/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,11 +21,27 @@ set_target_properties(hidapi_darwin
         OUTPUT_NAME "hidapi"
         VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
         SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}
-        MACHO_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}
         FRAMEWORK_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}
         PUBLIC_HEADER "${HIDAPI_PUBLIC_HEADERS}"
 )
 
+if(NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.17)
+    option(HIDAPI_USE_LEGACY_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION "Legacy Autotools build system hard-coded 1.0.0 for compatibility version" FALSE)
+    if(HIDAPI_USE_LEGACY_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION)
+        # TODO: v1: remove this workaround
+        set_target_properties(hidapi_darwin
+            PROPERTIES
+                MACHO_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION "1.0.0"
+                MACHO_CURRENT_VERSION "1.0.0"
+        )
+    else()
+        set_target_properties(hidapi_darwin
+            PROPERTIES
+                MACHO_COMPATIBILITY_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}
+        )
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 # compatibility with find_package()
 add_library(hidapi::darwin ALIAS hidapi_darwin)
 # compatibility with raw library link