diff --git a/base/glibc/glibc.conf b/base/glibc/glibc.conf
index f7ae2b6ef..5674ebd08 100644
--- a/base/glibc/glibc.conf
+++ b/base/glibc/glibc.conf
@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@ fi
 pkg_glibc_abi_preconf() {
 	slibdir="lib$1"
 	echo_status "slibdir: $slibdir"
+
+	# applies to all additional ABIs while building multilib
+	if [ $buildloop -ge 2 ]; then
+		# only install libraries and no programs
+		hook_add premake 5 "echo 'build-programs=no' > configparms"
+		var_remove makeinstopt ' ' 'install'
+		var_append makeinstopt ' ' 'install-lib-all'
+		# filter out some unwanted header files
+		var_append INSTALL_WRAPPER_FILTER "|" \
+			"sed -e 's,.*usr/include/.*\.h,/tmp/removed.h,'"
+	fi
 }
 
 # use at least "-O" when build without optimisation for debugging ...