diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.crunchgen.mk b/share/mk/bsd.crunchgen.mk
index 5ebfd94f97db..540c6d21dc6b 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.crunchgen.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.crunchgen.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 # Specific links can be suppressed by setting
 # CRUNCH_SUPPRESS_LINK_$(NAME) to 1.
 #
+# If CRUNCH_GENERATE_LINKS is set to no, no links will be generated.
+#
 
 # $FreeBSD$
 
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ CANONICALOBJDIR:= ${MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}
 .else
 CANONICALOBJDIR:= /usr/obj${.CURDIR}
 .endif
+CRUNCH_GENERATE_LINKS?=	yes
 
 CLEANFILES+= $(CONF) *.o *.lo *.c *.mk *.cache *.a *.h
 
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ $(OUTPUTS): $(CRUNCH_SRCDIR_${P})/Makefile
 .else
 $(OUTPUTS): $(.CURDIR)/../../$(D)/$(P)/Makefile
 .endif
+.if ${CRUNCH_GENERATE_LINKS} == "yes"
 .ifndef CRUNCH_SUPPRESS_LINK_${P}
 LINKS+= $(BINDIR)/$(PROG) $(BINDIR)/$(P)
 .endif
@@ -59,6 +63,7 @@ LINKS+= $(BINDIR)/$(PROG) $(BINDIR)/$(P)
 LINKS+= $(BINDIR)/$(PROG) $(BINDIR)/$(A)
 .endif
 .endfor
+.endif
 .endfor
 .endfor