diff --git a/security/freeradius/freeradius.conf b/security/freeradius/freeradius.conf
index 92f8179b3..6e4706287 100644
--- a/security/freeradius/freeradius.conf
+++ b/security/freeradius/freeradius.conf
@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@ fi
 
 # --docdir is not supported
 var_remove_regex confopt ' ' '--docdir=.*'
+
+pkg_freeradius_postinstall()
+{
+	# installing .a and .la files for the modules makes no sense
+	rm -f $root$libdir/rlm_*.{a,la}
+}
+hook_add postinstall 5 'pkg_freeradius_postinstall'