diff --git a/base/musl/musl.conf b/base/musl/musl.conf
index b8aa488d2..2e4d066f6 100644
--- a/base/musl/musl.conf
+++ b/base/musl/musl.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ musl_arch="$( echo $arch | arch2uname )"
 if [ $prefix_auto == 1 ]; then
 	syslibdir="/lib"
 fi
-var_append configprefix ' ' "LDFLAGS=\"$LDFLAGS -Wl,-soname,libc.musl-$arch.so.1\""
+var_append configprefix ' ' "LDFLAGS=\"$LDFLAGS -Wl,-soname,libc-musl-$musl_arch.so.1\""
 
 if atstage toolchain; then
 
@@ -30,15 +30,17 @@ if atstage toolchain; then
 fi
 
 musl_postinstall() {
+	# LDSO is the be the real file, and libc the symlink.
+
 	local LDSO=ld-musl-$musl_arch.so.1
 	local LIBCSO=libc-musl-$musl_arch.so.1
 
-	mv $root$libdir/libc.so $root$syslibdir/$LIBCSO
-	ln -vsf $LIBCSO $root$syslibdir/$LDSO
+	mv $root$libdir/libc.so $root$syslibdir/$LDSO
+	ln -vsf $LDSO $root$syslibdir/$LIBCSO
 
 	# create a libc.so symlink to avoid libtool's attempt linking shared
 	# libs against libc.a in certain cases
-	ln -vsf $( relative_path $root$syslibdir/$LIBCSO $root$libdir/libc.so ) \
+	ln -vsf $( relative_path $root$syslibdir/$LDSO $root$libdir/libc.so ) \
 		$root$libdir/libc.so
 
 	# create a symlink from ld-musl-$musl_arch.so to ldd if the dynlinker
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ musl_postinstall() {
 
 	# make some compat links for various libraries
 	for i in libc.so.6 libcrypt.so.1 libm.so.6 libpthread.so.0 librt.so.1 libutil.so.1; do
-		ln -sf $root$syslibdir/$LIBCSO $root$syslibdir/$i
+		ln -vsf $( relative_path $root$syslibdir/$LIBCSO $root$syslibdir/$i ) \
+			$root$syslibdir/$i
 	done
 }