-# for static builds, include the drivers as libs, and also any
-# other dependent libs that DPDK needs to link against
-if get_option('default_library') == 'static'
- dpdk_drivers = ['-Wl,--whole-archive'] + dpdk_drivers + ['-Wl,--no-whole-archive']
- dpdk_libraries = dpdk_drivers + dpdk_libraries + dpdk_extra_ldflags
-endif
+# for static builds, include the drivers as libs and we need to "whole-archive"
+# them.
+dpdk_drivers = ['-Wl,--whole-archive'] + dpdk_drivers + ['-Wl,--no-whole-archive']
+
+# driver .so files often depend upon the bus drivers for their connect bus,
+# e.g. ixgbe depends on librte_bus_pci. This means that the bus drivers need
+# to be in the library path, so symlink the drivers from the main lib directory.
+meson.add_install_script('buildtools/symlink-drivers-solibs.sh',
+ driver_install_path,
+ get_option('libdir'))