diff --git a/subr/pkg_install.subr b/subr/pkg_install.subr
index 4b14a5d..fb1cba4 100644
--- a/subr/pkg_install.subr
+++ b/subr/pkg_install.subr
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ pkgp_install_dlltool() {
 				-or -name "*.so.[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]" \) -printf '%P\n');
 		do
 			if [ \( -e ${_so_fname%.so}.lib.a \) -o				\
-			     \( ! -e ${PKG_PREFIX}/lib/$(basename ${_so_fname}) \) ];
-			then
+			     \( ! -e ${PKG_PREFIX}/lib/$(basename ${_so_fname}) \) -o	\
+			     \( "$(readlink -f ${_so_fname})" = "/dev/null" \) ]; then
 				continue;
 			else
 				_so_name="${_so_fname%.so}";