diff --git a/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.19.8.1.ebuild b/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.19.8.1.ebuild
index 9f67faf385d02..11311e92bc80e 100644
--- a/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.19.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.19.8.1.ebuild
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
 	/usr/include/gettext-po.h
 )
 
+QA_SONAME_NO_SYMLINK=".*/preloadable_libintl.so"
+
 pkg_setup() {
 	mono-env_pkg_setup
 	java-pkg-opt-2_pkg_setup
diff --git a/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.20.1.ebuild b/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.20.1.ebuild
index 8f4c83d53216c..8cf0b2e8bd233 100644
--- a/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.20.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-devel/gettext/gettext-0.20.1.ebuild
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.20-avoid_eautomake.patch
 )
 
+QA_SONAME_NO_SYMLINK=".*/preloadable_libintl.so"
+
 pkg_setup() {
 	mono-env_pkg_setup
 	java-pkg-opt-2_pkg_setup