diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk b/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk
index 971577c9a9e..0b7bb0230ab 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ CLEANFILES+=	${SHLIB_LINK}
 ${SHLIB_NAME_FULL}: ${SOBJS}
 	@${ECHO} building shared library ${SHLIB_NAME}
 	@rm -f ${SHLIB_NAME} ${SHLIB_LINK}
-.if defined(SHLIB_LINK) && !commands(${SHLIB_LINK:R}.ld)
+.if defined(SHLIB_LINK) && !commands(${SHLIB_LINK:R}.ld) && ${MK_DEBUG_FILES} == "no"
 	@${INSTALL_SYMLINK} ${TAG_ARGS:D${TAG_ARGS},development} ${SHLIB_NAME} ${SHLIB_LINK}
 .endif
 	${_LD:N${CCACHE_BIN}} ${LDFLAGS} ${SSP_CFLAGS} ${SOLINKOPTS} \
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ CLEANFILES+=	${SHLIB_NAME_FULL} ${SHLIB_NAME}.debug
 ${SHLIB_NAME}: ${SHLIB_NAME_FULL} ${SHLIB_NAME}.debug
 	${OBJCOPY} --strip-debug --add-gnu-debuglink=${SHLIB_NAME}.debug \
 	    ${SHLIB_NAME_FULL} ${.TARGET}
+.if defined(SHLIB_LINK) && !commands(${SHLIB_LINK:R}.ld)
+	@${INSTALL_SYMLINK} ${TAG_ARGS:D${TAG_ARGS},development} ${SHLIB_NAME} ${SHLIB_LINK}
+.endif
 
 ${SHLIB_NAME}.debug: ${SHLIB_NAME_FULL}
 	${OBJCOPY} --only-keep-debug ${SHLIB_NAME_FULL} ${.TARGET}