diff --git a/tools/lkl/Makefile b/tools/lkl/Makefile
index 9ca22b7605e3ad..1946fac364be66 100644
--- a/tools/lkl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lkl/Makefile
@@ -87,13 +87,15 @@ $(OUTPUT)lib/lkl.o: bin/stat $(DOT_CONFIG)
 	$(MAKE) -C ../.. ARCH=lkl $(KOPT)
 	$(MAKE) -C ../.. ARCH=lkl $(KOPT) install INSTALL_PATH=$(OUTPUT)
 
-# rules to link libs
+# rules to link hijack libs
 $(OUTPUT)%$(SOSUF): LDFLAGS += -shared
-$(OUTPUT)%$(SOSUF): $(OUTPUT)%-in.o $(OUTPUT)liblkl.a
+$(OUTPUT)%$(SOSUF): $(priv-libs-y:%=$(OUTPUT)%-in.o) $(OUTPUT)%-in.o $(OUTPUT)liblkl.a
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$*-y) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_$*-y)
 
 # liblkl is special
-$(OUTPUT)liblkl$(SOSUF): $(OUTPUT)%-in.o $(OUTPUT)lib/lkl.o
+$(OUTPUT)lib/liblkl$(SOSUF): $(OUTPUT)lib/liblkl-in.o $(OUTPUT)lib/lkl.o
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$*-y) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_$*-y)
+
 $(OUTPUT)liblkl.a: $(OUTPUT)lib/liblkl-in.o $(OUTPUT)lib/lkl.o
 	$(QUIET_AR)$(AR) -rc $@ $^
 
@@ -105,7 +107,6 @@ $(OUTPUT)%$(EXESUF): $(OUTPUT)%-in.o $(OUTPUT)liblkl.a
 $(OUTPUT)%-in.o: $(OUTPUT)lib/lkl.o FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=$(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $*)) obj=$(notdir $*)
 
-
 $(OUTPUT)cpfromfs$(EXESUF): cptofs$(EXESUF)
 	$(Q)if ! [ -e $@ ]; then ln -s $< $@; fi
 
diff --git a/tools/lkl/Targets b/tools/lkl/Targets
index 3d30bd8be3c840..7974d57b4ac88a 100644
--- a/tools/lkl/Targets
+++ b/tools/lkl/Targets
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 libs-y += lib/liblkl
 
 ifneq ($(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_BSD),y)
+priv-libs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_POSIX) += lib/hijack/libhijack-priv
 libs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_POSIX) += lib/hijack/liblkl-hijack
 libs-$(LKL_HOST_CONFIG_POSIX) += lib/hijack/liblkl-zpoline
 endif
diff --git a/tools/lkl/lib/hijack/Build b/tools/lkl/lib/hijack/Build
index b42239e47d8e78..64f61db29882c0 100644
--- a/tools/lkl/lib/hijack/Build
+++ b/tools/lkl/lib/hijack/Build
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
+libhijack-priv-y += hijack.o
+libhijack-priv-y += init.o
+libhijack-priv-y += xlate.o
+libhijack-priv-y += dbg_handler.o
+
 liblkl-hijack-y += preload.o
-liblkl-hijack-y += hijack.o
-liblkl-hijack-y += init.o
-liblkl-hijack-y += xlate.o
-liblkl-hijack-y += dbg_handler.o
 
 liblkl-zpoline-y += zpoline.o
-liblkl-zpoline-y += hijack.o
-liblkl-zpoline-y += init.o
-liblkl-zpoline-y += xlate.o
-liblkl-zpoline-y += dbg_handler.o
 
 # -std=gnu23/c23 fails due to HOST_CALL (*host_##name)()
 CFLAGS_hijack.o += -std=gnu11