diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Module.zig b/lib/std/Build/Module.zig
index 0fa8a9a6234f..b318e554c4a8 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Module.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Module.zig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ frameworks: std.StringArrayHashMapUnmanaged(LinkFrameworkOptions),
 link_objects: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(LinkObject),
 
 strip: ?bool,
+soname: ?std.zig.SoName,
 unwind_tables: ?std.builtin.UnwindTables,
 single_threaded: ?bool,
 stack_protector: ?bool,
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ pub const CreateOptions = struct {
     link_libcpp: ?bool = null,
     single_threaded: ?bool = null,
     strip: ?bool = null,
+    soname: ?std.zig.SoName = null,
     unwind_tables: ?std.builtin.UnwindTables = null,
     dwarf_format: ?std.dwarf.Format = null,
     code_model: std.builtin.CodeModel = .default,
@@ -288,6 +290,7 @@ pub fn init(
                 .frameworks = .{},
                 .link_objects = .{},
                 .strip = options.strip,
+                .soname = options.soname,
                 .unwind_tables = options.unwind_tables,
                 .single_threaded = options.single_threaded,
                 .stack_protector = options.stack_protector,
@@ -561,6 +564,14 @@ pub fn appendZigProcessFlags(
         .full => try zig_args.append("-fsanitize-c=full"),
     };
 
+    if (m.soname) |soname| {
+        try zig_args.append(switch (soname) {
+            .no => "-fno-soname",
+            .yes_default_value => "-fsoname",
+            .yes => |value| b.fmt("-fsoname={s}", .{value}),
+        });
+    }
+
     if (m.dwarf_format) |dwarf_format| {
         try zig_args.append(switch (dwarf_format) {
             .@"32" => "-gdwarf32",
diff --git a/lib/std/zig.zig b/lib/std/zig.zig
index fd22da91db1a..aaea481d0fe2 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig.zig
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@ pub const BuildId = union(enum) {
 
 pub const LtoMode = enum { none, full, thin };
 
+pub const SoName = union(enum) {
+    no,
+    yes_default_value,
+    yes: []const u8,
+};
+
 /// Renders a `std.Target.Cpu` value into a textual representation that can be parsed
 /// via the `-mcpu` flag passed to the Zig compiler.
 /// Appends the result to `buffer`.
diff --git a/src/link.zig b/src/link.zig
index 0fbd4b28cfdb..a34d0434f85a 100644
--- a/src/link.zig
+++ b/src/link.zig
@@ -1609,6 +1609,8 @@ pub const Input = union(enum) {
         needed: bool,
         weak: bool,
         reexport: bool,
+        name: ?[]const u8,
+        lib_directory: Directory,
     };
 
     pub const DsoExact = struct {
@@ -1661,6 +1663,8 @@ pub fn hashInputs(man: *Cache.Manifest, link_inputs: []const Input) !void {
                 man.hash.add(dso.needed);
                 man.hash.add(dso.weak);
                 man.hash.add(dso.reexport);
+                man.hash.addOptionalBytes(dso.name);
+                man.hash.addOptionalBytes(dso.lib_directory.path);
             },
             .dso_exact => |dso_exact| {
                 man.hash.addBytes(dso_exact.name);
@@ -1936,7 +1940,7 @@ fn resolveLibInput(
             else => |e| fatal("unable to search for tbd library '{f}': {s}", .{ test_path, @errorName(e) }),
         };
         errdefer file.close();
-        return finishResolveLibInput(resolved_inputs, test_path, file, link_mode, name_query.query);
+        return finishResolveLibInput(resolved_inputs, test_path, file, link_mode, name_query.query, name_query.name, lib_directory);
     }
 
     {
@@ -1950,10 +1954,10 @@ fn resolveLibInput(
             }),
         };
         try checked_paths.writer(gpa).print("\n  {f}", .{test_path});
-        switch (try resolvePathInputLib(gpa, arena, unresolved_inputs, resolved_inputs, ld_script_bytes, target, .{
+        switch (try resolvePathInputLib(gpa, arena, unresolved_inputs, resolved_inputs, ld_script_bytes, lib_directory, target, .{
             .path = test_path,
             .query = name_query.query,
-        }, link_mode, color)) {
+        }, link_mode, color, name_query.name)) {
             .no_match => {},
             .ok => return .ok,
         }
@@ -1974,7 +1978,7 @@ fn resolveLibInput(
             }),
         };
         errdefer file.close();
-        return finishResolveLibInput(resolved_inputs, test_path, file, link_mode, name_query.query);
+        return finishResolveLibInput(resolved_inputs, test_path, file, link_mode, name_query.query, name_query.name, lib_directory);
     }
 
     // In the case of MinGW, the main check will be .lib but we also need to
@@ -1990,7 +1994,7 @@ fn resolveLibInput(
             else => |e| fatal("unable to search for static library '{f}': {s}", .{ test_path, @errorName(e) }),
         };
         errdefer file.close();
-        return finishResolveLibInput(resolved_inputs, test_path, file, link_mode, name_query.query);
+        return finishResolveLibInput(resolved_inputs, test_path, file, link_mode, name_query.query, name_query.name, lib_directory);
     }
 
     return .no_match;
@@ -2002,6 +2006,8 @@ fn finishResolveLibInput(
     file: std.fs.File,
     link_mode: std.builtin.LinkMode,
     query: UnresolvedInput.Query,
+    name: ?[]const u8,
+    lib_directory: Directory,
 ) ResolveLibInputResult {
     switch (link_mode) {
         .static => resolved_inputs.appendAssumeCapacity(.{ .archive = .{
@@ -2016,6 +2022,8 @@ fn finishResolveLibInput(
             .needed = query.needed,
             .weak = query.weak,
             .reexport = query.reexport,
+            .name = name,
+            .lib_directory = lib_directory,
         } }),
     }
     return .ok;
@@ -2035,8 +2043,8 @@ fn resolvePathInput(
     color: std.zig.Color,
 ) Allocator.Error!?ResolveLibInputResult {
     switch (Compilation.classifyFileExt(pq.path.sub_path)) {
-        .static_library => return try resolvePathInputLib(gpa, arena, unresolved_inputs, resolved_inputs, ld_script_bytes, target, pq, .static, color),
-        .shared_library => return try resolvePathInputLib(gpa, arena, unresolved_inputs, resolved_inputs, ld_script_bytes, target, pq, .dynamic, color),
+        .static_library => return try resolvePathInputLib(gpa, arena, unresolved_inputs, resolved_inputs, ld_script_bytes, Directory.cwd(), target, pq, .static, color, null),
+        .shared_library => return try resolvePathInputLib(gpa, arena, unresolved_inputs, resolved_inputs, ld_script_bytes, Directory.cwd(), target, pq, .dynamic, color, null),
         .object => {
             var file = pq.path.root_dir.handle.openFile(pq.path.sub_path, .{}) catch |err|
                 fatal("failed to open object {f}: {s}", .{ pq.path, @errorName(err) });
@@ -2072,10 +2080,12 @@ fn resolvePathInputLib(
     resolved_inputs: *std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Input),
     /// Allocated via `gpa`.
     ld_script_bytes: *std.ArrayListUnmanaged(u8),
+    lib_directory: Directory,
     target: *const std.Target,
     pq: UnresolvedInput.PathQuery,
     link_mode: std.builtin.LinkMode,
     color: std.zig.Color,
+    name: ?[]const u8,
 ) Allocator.Error!ResolveLibInputResult {
     try resolved_inputs.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, 1);
 
@@ -2100,7 +2110,7 @@ fn resolvePathInputLib(
         const buf = ld_script_bytes.items[0..n];
         if (mem.startsWith(u8, buf, std.elf.MAGIC) or mem.startsWith(u8, buf, std.elf.ARMAG)) {
             // Appears to be an ELF or archive file.
-            return finishResolveLibInput(resolved_inputs, test_path, file, link_mode, pq.query);
+            return finishResolveLibInput(resolved_inputs, test_path, file, link_mode, pq.query, name, lib_directory);
         }
         const stat = file.stat() catch |err|
             fatal("failed to stat {f}: {s}", .{ test_path, @errorName(err) });
@@ -2166,7 +2176,7 @@ fn resolvePathInputLib(
         }),
     };
     errdefer file.close();
-    return finishResolveLibInput(resolved_inputs, test_path, file, link_mode, pq.query);
+    return finishResolveLibInput(resolved_inputs, test_path, file, link_mode, pq.query, name, lib_directory);
 }
 
 pub fn openObject(path: Path, must_link: bool, hidden: bool) !Input.Object {
@@ -2189,6 +2199,8 @@ pub fn openDso(path: Path, needed: bool, weak: bool, reexport: bool) !Input.Dso
         .needed = needed,
         .weak = weak,
         .reexport = reexport,
+        .name = null,
+        .lib_directory = Directory.cwd(),
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/link/Lld.zig b/src/link/Lld.zig
index 1aeeb5d2145e..ea33013f82ca 100644
--- a/src/link/Lld.zig
+++ b/src/link/Lld.zig
@@ -1179,10 +1179,17 @@ fn elfLink(lld: *Lld, arena: Allocator) !void {
                     }
 
                     // By this time, we depend on these libs being dynamically linked
-                    // libraries and not static libraries (the check for that needs to be earlier),
-                    // but they could be full paths to .so files, in which case we
-                    // want to avoid prepending "-l".
-                    argv.appendAssumeCapacity(try dso.path.toString(arena));
+                    // libraries and not static libraries (the check for that needs to be earlier).
+                    if (dso.name) |name| {
+                        if (dso.lib_directory.path) |path| {
+                            argv.appendAssumeCapacity("-L");
+                            argv.appendAssumeCapacity(path);
+                        }
+                        argv.appendAssumeCapacity(if (dso.weak) "-weak-l" else "-l");
+                        argv.appendAssumeCapacity(name);
+                    } else {
+                        argv.appendAssumeCapacity(try dso.path.toString(arena));
+                    }
                 },
             };
 
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 1d178730b054..be014a48bc0f 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const native_os = builtin.os.tag;
 const Cache = std.Build.Cache;
 const Path = std.Build.Cache.Path;
 const Directory = std.Build.Cache.Directory;
+const SoName = std.zig.SoName;
 const EnvVar = std.zig.EnvVar;
 const LibCInstallation = std.zig.LibCInstallation;
 const AstGen = std.zig.AstGen;
@@ -685,12 +686,6 @@ const usage_build_generic =
     \\
 ;
 
-const SOName = union(enum) {
-    no,
-    yes_default_value,
-    yes: []const u8,
-};
-
 const EmitBin = union(enum) {
     no,
     yes_default_path,
@@ -837,7 +832,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
     var target_arch_os_abi: ?[]const u8 = null;
     var target_mcpu: ?[]const u8 = null;
     var emit_h: Emit = .no;
-    var soname: SOName = undefined;
+    var soname: SoName = undefined;
     var want_compiler_rt: ?bool = null;
     var want_ubsan_rt: ?bool = null;
     var linker_script: ?[]const u8 = null;
diff --git a/test/link/elf.zig b/test/link/elf.zig
index f6dfbbea86fc..5042f96749f1 100644
--- a/test/link/elf.zig
+++ b/test/link/elf.zig
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ pub fn testAll(b: *Build, build_opts: BuildOptions) *Step {
 
         // glibc tests
         elf_step.dependOn(testAsNeeded(b, .{ .target = gnu_target }));
+        elf_step.dependOn(testLibraryPathsCompatibility(b, .{ .target = gnu_target, .use_lld = true }));
+        elf_step.dependOn(testLibraryPathsCompatibility(b, .{ .target = gnu_target, .use_lld = false }));
         // https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/17430
         // elf_step.dependOn(testCanonicalPlt(b, .{ .target = gnu_target }));
         elf_step.dependOn(testCommentString(b, .{ .target = gnu_target }));
@@ -309,6 +311,53 @@ fn testAsNeeded(b: *Build, opts: Options) *Step {
     return test_step;
 }
 
+fn testLibraryPathsCompatibility(b: *Build, opts: Options) *Step {
+    const test_step = addTestStep(b, "library-paths-compatibility", opts);
+
+    const main_o = addObject(b, opts, .{
+        .name = "main",
+        .c_source_bytes =
+        \\#include <stdio.h>
+        \\int foo();
+        \\int main() {
+        \\  printf("%d\n", foo());
+        \\  return 0;
+        \\}
+        \\
+        ,
+    });
+    main_o.linkLibC();
+
+    const libfoo = addSharedLibrary(b, opts, .{ .name = "foo", .soname = .no });
+    addCSourceBytes(libfoo, "int foo() { return 42; }", &.{});
+
+    {
+        const scripts = WriteFile.create(b);
+        const path = scripts.addCopyFile(libfoo.getEmittedBin(), "foo/libfoo.so");
+
+        const exe = addExecutable(b, opts, .{ .name = "test" });
+        exe.addObject(main_o);
+
+        exe.addLibraryPath(.{ .generated = .{ .file = &scripts.generated_directory, .sub_path = "foo" } });
+        exe.addRPath(path.dirname());
+
+        exe.linkSystemLibrary2("foo", .{ .needed = false });
+        exe.linkLibC();
+
+        const run = addRunArtifact(exe);
+        run.expectStdOutEqual("42\n");
+        test_step.dependOn(&run.step);
+
+        const check = exe.checkObject();
+        check.checkInDynamicSection();
+        check.checkExact("NEEDED libfoo.so");
+        check.checkNotPresent("NEEDED foo/libfoo.so");
+        test_step.dependOn(&check.step);
+    }
+
+    return test_step;
+}
+
 fn testCanonicalPlt(b: *Build, opts: Options) *Step {
     const test_step = addTestStep(b, "canonical-plt", opts);
 
diff --git a/test/link/link.zig b/test/link/link.zig
index 5d1a02f23e69..a4ebfcbfc05d 100644
--- a/test/link/link.zig
+++ b/test/link/link.zig
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const OverlayOptions = struct {
     zig_source_bytes: ?[]const u8 = null,
     pic: ?bool = null,
     strip: ?bool = null,
+    soname: ?std.zig.SoName = null,
 };
 
 pub fn addExecutable(b: *std.Build, base: Options, overlay: OverlayOptions) *Compile {
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ fn createModule(b: *Build, base: Options, overlay: OverlayOptions) *Build.Module
         },
         .pic = overlay.pic,
         .strip = if (base.strip) |s| s else overlay.strip,
+        .soname = overlay.soname,
     });
 
     if (overlay.objcpp_source_bytes) |bytes| {