diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package.py b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
index d047e41a78..8ccd89a190 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
@@ -1853,7 +1853,8 @@ def process_shlibs(pkgfiles, d):
                     if s[0] not in shlib_provider:
                         shlib_provider[s[0]] = {}
                     shlib_provider[s[0]][s[1]] = (pkg, pkgver)
-        if needs_ldconfig:
+        if needs_ldconfig and \
+                not bb.utils.to_boolean(d.getVar('SKIP_LDCONFIG_POSTINST_FRAGMENT:%s' % pkg)):
             bb.debug(1, 'adding ldconfig call to postinst for %s' % pkg)
             postinst = d.getVar('pkg_postinst:%s' % pkg)
             if not postinst:
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-package.inc b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-package.inc
index 3d721d8f69..bea841b047 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-package.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc-package.inc
@@ -298,6 +298,11 @@ pkg_postinst:nscd () {
 		fi
 	fi
 }
+
+# Avoid loop dependencies between /bin/sh and libc.so.6
+SKIP_LDCONFIG_POSTINST_FRAGMENT:${PN} = "1"
+do_package[vardeps] += "SKIP_LDCONFIG_POSTINST_FRAGMENT:${PN}"
+
 CONFFILES:nscd = "${sysconfdir}/nscd.conf"
 
 SYSTEMD_PACKAGES = "nscd"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/musl/musl_git.bb b/meta/recipes-core/musl/musl_git.bb
index 3aec643c40..057113bf16 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/musl/musl_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/musl/musl_git.bb
@@ -80,4 +80,8 @@ LEAD_SONAME = "libc.so"
 INSANE_SKIP:${PN}-dev = "staticdev"
 INSANE_SKIP:${PN} = "libdir"
 
+# Avoid loop dependencies between /bin/sh and libc.so
+SKIP_LDCONFIG_POSTINST_FRAGMENT:${PN} = "1"
+do_package[vardeps] += "SKIP_LDCONFIG_POSTINST_FRAGMENT:${PN}"
+
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_COMMITS = "1"