1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass
index 0829a58dd9..b583f84bdf 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ cargo_do_install () {
         for tgt in "${B}/target/${CARGO_TARGET_SUBDIR}/"*; do
                 case $tgt in
                 *.so|*.rlib)
-                        install -d "${D}${rustlibdir}"
-                        install -m755 "$tgt" "${D}${rustlibdir}"
-                        have_installed=true
+                        if [ -n "${CARGO_INSTALL_LIBRARIES}" ]; then
+                                install -d "${D}${rustlibdir}"
+                                install -m755 "$tgt" "${D}${rustlibdir}"
+                                have_installed=true
+                        fi
                         ;;
                 *examples)
                         if [ -d "$tgt" ]; then