diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk b/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk
index 5c2a41525220..b142a09b69cc 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ CLEANFILES+=	${SOBJS}
 .if defined(SHLIB_NAME)
 _LIBS+=		${SHLIB_NAME}
 
-SOLINKOPTS=	-shared -Wl,-x
+SOLINKOPTS+=	-shared -Wl,-x
 .if !defined(ALLOW_SHARED_TEXTREL)
 .if defined(LD_FATAL_WARNINGS) && ${LD_FATAL_WARNINGS} == "no"
 SOLINKOPTS+=	-Wl,--no-fatal-warnings