diff --git a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
index 41c7e0b..7cbea42 100644
--- a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ enum app_tags {
 	TAG_STLE_VERBOSE,
 	TAG_STLE_WARNINGS,
 	TAG_STLE_NO_WARNINGS,
+	TAG_STLE_LTDL,
 };
 
 struct slbt_split_vector {
diff --git a/src/skin/slbt_skin_stoolie.c b/src/skin/slbt_skin_stoolie.c
index 598a410..e058fed 100644
--- a/src/skin/slbt_skin_stoolie.c
+++ b/src/skin/slbt_skin_stoolie.c
@@ -48,5 +48,11 @@ const slbt_hidden struct argv_option slbt_stoolie_options[] = {
 	{"no-warnings",	0,TAG_STLE_NO_WARNINGS,ARGV_OPTARG_NONE,0,0,0,
 			"suppress all warning messages (or not)."},
 
+	{"ltdl",	0,TAG_STLE_LTDL,ARGV_OPTARG_OPTIONAL,0,0,"<dir>",
+			"install [s]ltdl sources to %s; this option "
+			"provided is provided for the purpose of backward "
+			"compatibility, and is currently a no-op, thereby "
+			"deferring -lltdl to the system install library."},
+
 	{0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0}
 };