diff --git a/include/slibtool/slibtool.h b/include/slibtool/slibtool.h
index 6e8062d..c1f9ede 100644
--- a/include/slibtool/slibtool.h
+++ b/include/slibtool/slibtool.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define SLBT_DRIVER_STRICT		0x020000
 #define SLBT_DRIVER_NO_UNDEFINED	0x040000
 #define SLBT_DRIVER_MODULE		0x080000
+#define SLBT_DRIVER_AVOID_VERSION	0x100000
 
 /* execution modes */
 enum slbt_mode {
diff --git a/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c b/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
index 5640453..47e4f7d 100644
--- a/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
+++ b/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
@@ -758,6 +758,10 @@ int slbt_get_driver_ctx(
 					cctx.drvflags |= SLBT_DRIVER_MODULE;
 					break;
 
+				case TAG_AVOID_VERSION:
+					cctx.drvflags |= SLBT_DRIVER_AVOID_VERSION;
+					break;
+
 				case TAG_SHARED:
 					cctx.drvflags &= ~(uint64_t)SLBT_DRIVER_STATIC;
 					break;
diff --git a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
index 685c511..c0c137c 100644
--- a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ enum app_tags {
 	TAG_STATIC,
 	TAG_NO_UNDEFINED,
 	TAG_MODULE,
+	TAG_AVOID_VERSION,
 	TAG_COMPILER_FLAG,
 	TAG_VERBATIM_FLAG,
 };
diff --git a/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c b/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
index f9f2109..829b9d7 100644
--- a/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
+++ b/src/skin/slbt_skin_default.c
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ const struct argv_option slbt_default_options[] = {
 				"object name need not follow the platform's "
 				"library naming conventions"},
 
+	{"avoid-version",	0,TAG_AVOID_VERSION,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,
+				ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_ONLY,0,0,
+				"do not store version information, "
+				"do not create version-specific symlinks"},
+
 	{"version-info",	0,TAG_VERSION_INFO,ARGV_OPTARG_REQUIRED,
 				ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_ONLY|ARGV_OPTION_HYBRID_SPACE,0,
 				"<current>[:<revision>[:<age>]]",