diff --git a/configure/RULES_BUILD b/configure/RULES_BUILD
index c3bc4b0c0..763fd23ef 100644
--- a/configure/RULES_BUILD
+++ b/configure/RULES_BUILD
@@ -327,19 +327,18 @@ $(INSTALL_LIB)/%.lib: %.lib
 	@$(INSTALL_LIBRARY) -d -m 644 $< $(INSTALL_LIB)
 
 $(INSTALL_SHRLIB)/lib%: lib%
-	@echo "Installing library $@"
+	@echo "Installing shared library $@"
 	@$(INSTALL_LIBRARY) -d -m 555 $< $(INSTALL_SHRLIB)
 ifdef SHRLIB_VERSION
 	@$(RM) $(subst .$(SHRLIB_VERSION),,$@)
 	ln -s $< $(subst .$(SHRLIB_VERSION),,$@)
-
 endif # SHRLIB_VERSION
 
 ifneq ($(INSTALL_TCLLIB),$(INSTALL_BIN))
 $(INSTALL_TCLLIB)/%: %
 	@echo "Installing Tcl library $@"
 	@$(INSTALL) -d -m 555 $< $(INSTALL_TCLLIB)
- 
+
 $(INSTALL_TCLLIB)/%: ../%
 	@echo "Installing Tcl library $@"
 	@$(INSTALL) -d -m 555 $< $(INSTALL_TCLLIB)
@@ -348,7 +347,11 @@ endif
 $(INSTALL_LOADABLE_SHRLIBS): $(INSTALL_SHRLIB)/%: %
 	@echo "Installing loadable shared library $@"
 	@$(INSTALL_LIBRARY) -d -m 555 $< $(INSTALL_SHRLIB)
- 
+ifdef SHRLIB_VERSION
+	@$(RM) $(subst .$(SHRLIB_VERSION),,$@)
+	ln -s $< $(subst .$(SHRLIB_VERSION),,$@)
+endif # SHRLIB_VERSION
+
 $(INSTALL_CONFIG)/%: %
 	@echo "Installing config file $@"
 	@$(INSTALL) -d -m 644 $< $(@D)
@@ -400,5 +403,3 @@ $(INSTALL_TEMPLATES_SUBDIR)/%: %
 
 endif # BASE_RULES_BUILD
 #	EOF RULES_BUILD
-
-