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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
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--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -3652,6 +3652,29 @@
             </glossdef>
         </glossentry>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-FILES_SOLIBSDEV'><glossterm>FILES_SOLIBSDEV</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                FILES_SOLIBSDEV[doc] = "Defines the full path name of the development symbolic link (symlink) for shared libraries on the target platform."
+            </info>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" />
+                    Defines the file specification to match
+                    <link linkend='var-SOLIBSDEV'><filename>SOLIBSDEV</filename></link>.
+                    In other words, <filename>FILES_SOLIBSDEV</filename>
+                    defines the full path name of the development symbolic link
+                    (symlink) for shared libraries on the target platform.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    The following statement from the
+                    <filename>bitbake.conf</filename> shows how it is set:
+                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     FILES_SOLIBSDEV ?= "${base_libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV} ${libdir}/lib*${SOLIBSDEV}"
+                    </literallayout>
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-FILESEXTRAPATHS'><glossterm>FILESEXTRAPATHS</glossterm>
             <info>
                 FILESEXTRAPATHS[doc] = "Extends the search path the OpenEmbedded build system uses when looking for files and patches as it processes recipes and append files."