diff --git a/Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake b/Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake
index b1610e2dfe..5d6f402f10 100644
--- a/Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake
+++ b/Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake
@@ -624,6 +624,33 @@ function(get_bundle_keys app libs dirs keys_var)
       endif()
     endforeach()
 
+    # preserve library symlink structure
+    foreach(key ${${keys_var}})
+      if("${${key}_COPYFLAG}" STREQUAL 1)
+        if(IS_SYMLINK "${${key}_RESOLVED_ITEM}")
+          get_filename_component(target "${${key}_RESOLVED_ITEM}" REALPATH)
+          set_bundle_key_values(${keys_var} "${exe}" "${target}" "${exepath}" "${dirs}" 1 "${exe_rpaths}")
+          get_item_key("${target}" targetkey)
+
+          if(WIN32)
+            # ignore case on Windows
+            string(TOLOWER "${${key}_RESOLVED_ITEM}" resolved_item_compare)
+            string(TOLOWER "${${targetkey}_RESOLVED_EMBEDDED_ITEM}" resolved_embedded_item_compare)
+          else()
+            set(resolved_item_compare "${${key}_RESOLVED_ITEM}")
+            set(resolved_embedded_item_compare "${${targetkey}_RESOLVED_EMBEDDED_ITEM}")
+          endif()
+          get_filename_component(resolved_item_compare "${resolved_item_compare}" NAME)
+          get_filename_component(resolved_embedded_item_compare "${resolved_embedded_item_compare}" NAME)
+
+          if(NOT "${resolved_item_compare}" STREQUAL "${resolved_embedded_item_compare}")
+            set(${key}_COPYFLAG "2")
+            set(${key}_RESOLVED_ITEM "${${targetkey}_RESOLVED_EMBEDDED_ITEM}")
+          endif()
+
+        endif()
+      endif()
+    endforeach()
     # Propagate values to caller's scope:
     #
     set(${keys_var} ${${keys_var}} PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -640,6 +667,24 @@ function(get_bundle_keys app libs dirs keys_var)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
+function(link_resolved_item_into_bundle resolved_item resolved_embedded_item)
+  if(WIN32)
+    # ignore case on Windows
+    string(TOLOWER "${resolved_item}" resolved_item_compare)
+    string(TOLOWER "${resolved_embedded_item}" resolved_embedded_item_compare)
+  else()
+    set(resolved_item_compare "${resolved_item}")
+    set(resolved_embedded_item_compare "${resolved_embedded_item}")
+  endif()
+
+  if("${resolved_item_compare}" STREQUAL "${resolved_embedded_item_compare}")
+    message(STATUS "warning: resolved_item == resolved_embedded_item - not linking...")
+  else()
+    get_filename_component(target_dir "${resolved_embedded_item}" DIRECTORY)
+    file(RELATIVE_PATH symlink_target "${target_dir}" "${resolved_item}")
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink "${symlink_target}" "${resolved_embedded_item}")
+  endif()
+endfunction()
 
 function(copy_resolved_item_into_bundle resolved_item resolved_embedded_item)
   if(WIN32)
@@ -854,7 +899,9 @@ function(fixup_bundle app libs dirs)
     set(i 0)
     foreach(key ${keys})
       math(EXPR i ${i}+1)
-      if(${${key}_COPYFLAG})
+      if("${${key}_COPYFLAG}" STREQUAL "2")
+        message(STATUS "${i}/${n}: linking '${${key}_RESOLVED_ITEM}' -> '${${key}_RESOLVED_EMBEDDED_ITEM}'")
+      elseif(${${key}_COPYFLAG})
         message(STATUS "${i}/${n}: copying '${${key}_RESOLVED_ITEM}'")
       else()
         message(STATUS "${i}/${n}: *NOT* copying '${${key}_RESOLVED_ITEM}'")
@@ -872,7 +919,10 @@ function(fixup_bundle app libs dirs)
         message(STATUS "")
       endif()
 
-      if(${${key}_COPYFLAG})
+      if("${${key}_COPYFLAG}" STREQUAL "2")
+        link_resolved_item_into_bundle("${${key}_RESOLVED_ITEM}"
+          "${${key}_RESOLVED_EMBEDDED_ITEM}")
+      elseif(${${key}_COPYFLAG})
         set(item "${${key}_ITEM}")
         if(item MATCHES "[^/]+\\.framework/")
           copy_resolved_framework_into_bundle("${${key}_RESOLVED_ITEM}"
@@ -889,7 +939,9 @@ function(fixup_bundle app libs dirs)
       math(EXPR i ${i}+1)
       if(APPLE)
         message(STATUS "${i}/${n}: fixing up '${${key}_RESOLVED_EMBEDDED_ITEM}'")
-        fixup_bundle_item("${${key}_RESOLVED_EMBEDDED_ITEM}" "${exepath}" "${dirs}")
+        if(NOT "${${key}_COPYFLAG}" STREQUAL "2")
+          fixup_bundle_item("${${key}_RESOLVED_EMBEDDED_ITEM}" "${exepath}" "${dirs}")
+        endif()
       else()
         message(STATUS "${i}/${n}: fix-up not required on this platform '${${key}_RESOLVED_EMBEDDED_ITEM}'")
       endif()