diff --git a/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c b/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
index c4f50b5..09adb68 100644
--- a/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
+++ b/src/driver/slbt_driver_ctx.c
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ int slbt_lib_get_driver_ctx(
 	sargv.cargv = 0;
 	objlistv    = 0;
 	ndlopen     = 0;
+	lflags      = 0;
 
 	switch (slbt_split_argv(argv,flags,&sargv,&objlistv,fdctx->fderr,fdctx->fdcwd)) {
 		case SLBT_OK:
@@ -1012,7 +1013,8 @@ int slbt_lib_get_driver_ctx(
 
 	if (cctx.drvflags & SLBT_DRIVER_HEURISTICS) {
 		if (slbt_get_lconf_flags(&ctx->ctx,lconf,&lflags,false) < 0)
-			return slbt_lib_get_driver_ctx_fail(&ctx->ctx,0);
+			if (!(cctx.drvflags & SLBT_DRIVER_OUTPUT_MASK))
+				return slbt_lib_get_driver_ctx_fail(&ctx->ctx,0);
 	} else {
 		switch (cctx.mode) {
 			case SLBT_MODE_UNKNOWN:
diff --git a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
index 3a1ca05..7b6114d 100644
--- a/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
+++ b/src/internal/slibtool_driver_impl.h
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 
 #define SLBT_OPTV_ELEMENTS 128
 
+#define SLBT_DRIVER_OUTPUT_MASK (SLBT_DRIVER_OUTPUT_M4_DIR    \
+				| SLBT_DRIVER_OUTPUT_AUX_DIR   \
+				| SLBT_DRIVER_OUTPUT_SHARED_EXT \
+				| SLBT_DRIVER_OUTPUT_STATIC_EXT)
+
 extern const struct argv_option slbt_default_options[];
 
 enum app_tags {
diff --git a/src/internal/slibtool_lconf_impl.c b/src/internal/slibtool_lconf_impl.c
index ffe92b0..7f43034 100644
--- a/src/internal/slibtool_lconf_impl.c
+++ b/src/internal/slibtool_lconf_impl.c
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ static int slbt_lconf_open(
 	fdcwd      = slbt_driver_fdcwd(dctx);
 	fdlconfdir = fdcwd;
 	fsilent   |= (dctx->cctx->drvflags & SLBT_DRIVER_SILENT);
+	fsilent   |= (dctx->cctx->drvflags & SLBT_DRIVER_OUTPUT_MASK);
 
 	if (lconf) {
 		mconf = 0;
@@ -629,15 +630,21 @@ static int slbt_lconf_open(
 		if (stparent.st_dev != stcwd.st_dev) {
 			trace_result(dctx,fdparent,fdparent,".",EXDEV,lconfpath);
 			close(fdparent);
-			return SLBT_CUSTOM_ERROR(
-				dctx,SLBT_ERR_LCONF_OPEN);
+
+			return (dctx->cctx->drvflags & SLBT_DRIVER_OUTPUT_MASK)
+				? (-1)
+				: SLBT_CUSTOM_ERROR(
+					dctx,SLBT_ERR_LCONF_OPEN);
 		}
 
 		if (stparent.st_ino == stinode) {
 			trace_result(dctx,fdparent,fdparent,".",ELOOP,lconfpath);
 			close(fdparent);
-			return SLBT_CUSTOM_ERROR(
-				dctx,SLBT_ERR_LCONF_OPEN);
+
+			return (dctx->cctx->drvflags & SLBT_DRIVER_OUTPUT_MASK)
+				? (-1)
+				: SLBT_CUSTOM_ERROR(
+					dctx,SLBT_ERR_LCONF_OPEN);
 		}
 
 		fdlconfdir = fdparent;
@@ -766,7 +773,8 @@ slbt_hidden int slbt_get_lconf_flags(
 
 	/* open relative libtool script */
 	if ((fdlconf = slbt_lconf_open(dctx,lconf,fsilent,&val)) < 0)
-		return SLBT_NESTED_ERROR(dctx);
+		return (dctx->cctx->drvflags & SLBT_DRIVER_OUTPUT_MASK)
+			? (-1) : SLBT_NESTED_ERROR(dctx);
 
 	/* cache the configuration in library friendly form) */
 	if (slbt_lib_get_txtfile_ctx(dctx,val,&ctx->lconfctx) < 0)