diff --git a/make/lib.mk b/make/lib.mk
index b6f33f5c..170ce80f 100644
--- a/make/lib.mk
+++ b/make/lib.mk
@@ -17,13 +17,17 @@ all:
 install:
 else
 all: $(LD_CONF) $(LIB_SO) $(LINKS_SO) $(MSVCPP_IMPLIB) $(STRIP_DONE)
-install: install_LIB install_LD_CONF
+install: install_LIB
 endif
 clean: libclean local_libclean clean.ld-conf
 distclean: clean
 
 local_libclean: clean.mingw clean.unix clean.all
 
+ifneq ($(wildcard *.so *.so.*),)
+install: install_LD_CONF
+endif
+
 clean.unix:
 ifneq ($(TARGET),mingw)
 	rm -rf *.so.* *.so st*