diff --git a/gettext-tools/configure.ac b/gettext-tools/configure.ac
index 74e92ca56..a135ae6d0 100644
--- a/gettext-tools/configure.ac
+++ b/gettext-tools/configure.ac
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ case "$host_os" in
 esac
 AM_CONDITIONAL([WINDOWS_NATIVE], [test $is_windows_native = yes])
 
+dnl Package-private libraries do not need to be installed when we build only
+dnl static libraries. Don't install them in this case. This avoids a build
+dnl error on AIX with --enable-shared, when some other version of GNU gettext,
+dnl built with --disable-shared, is already installed in the same $prefix and
+dnl the CFLAGS or LDFLAGS happen to contain "-L$prefix/lib".
+AM_CONDITIONAL([INSTALL_PRIVATE_LIBRARIES], [test "$enable_shared" = yes])
+
 dnl Checks for libraries.
 
 dnl These are the only lines required to internationalize the package.
diff --git a/gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/Makefile.am b/gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/Makefile.am
index 6b9d43f9b..83eca02aa 100644
--- a/gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/Makefile.am
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ DISTCLEANFILES =
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES =
 SUFFIXES =
 
+lib_LTLIBRARIES =
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES =
 
 # Extra files to be installed.
diff --git a/gettext-tools/src/Makefile.am b/gettext-tools/src/Makefile.am
index ba7f045af..a71d5e26f 100644
--- a/gettext-tools/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/gettext-tools/src/Makefile.am
@@ -33,7 +33,13 @@ recode-sr-latin
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS = hostname urlget cldr-plurals
 
+if INSTALL_PRIVATE_LIBRARIES
+# Specify that libgettextsrc should be installed in $(libdir).
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgettextsrc.la
+else
+# Specify that libgettextsrc should not be installed.
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libgettextsrc.la
+endif
 
 noinst_HEADERS = \
   pos.h message.h po-error.h po-xerror.h po-gram.h po-charset.h \
@@ -356,14 +362,6 @@ if RELOCATABLE_VIA_LD
 libgettextsrc_la_LDFLAGS += `$(RELOCATABLE_LDFLAGS) $(libdir)`
 endif
 
-# No need to install libgettextsrc.a, except on AIX.
-install-exec-hook: install-exec-clean
-install-exec-clean:
-	case "@host_os@" in \
-	  aix*) ;; \
-	  *) $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libgettextsrc.a ;; \
-	esac
-
 # Compile-time flags for particular source files.
 msgmerge_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(OPENMP_CFLAGS)
 msgmerge_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(OPENMP_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/gnulib-local/modules/gettext-tools-misc b/gnulib-local/modules/gettext-tools-misc
index 6e9b3412c..3975ac676 100644
--- a/gnulib-local/modules/gettext-tools-misc
+++ b/gnulib-local/modules/gettext-tools-misc
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ configure.ac:
 
 Makefile.am:
 
-# Specify that libgettextlib should installed in $(libdir).
-lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgettextlib.la
+if INSTALL_PRIVATE_LIBRARIES
+# Specify that libgettextlib should be installed in $(libdir).
+lib_LTLIBRARIES += libgettextlib.la
+else
+# Specify that libgettextlib should not be installed.
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES += libgettextlib.la
+endif
 
 # Need $(LTLIBUNISTRING) because ulc_width_linebreaks, uc_width, etc. may be
 # taken from libunistring, when the configure option --with-libunistring-prefix
@@ -31,14 +36,6 @@ lib_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--export-all-symbols
 AM_CPPFLAGS += @GETTEXTLIB_EXPORTS_FLAGS@
 endif
 
-# No need to install libgettextlib.a, except on AIX.
-install-exec-local: install-libLTLIBRARIES install-exec-clean
-install-exec-clean:
-	case "@host_os@" in \
-	  aix*) ;; \
-	  *) rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libgettextlib.a ;; \
-	esac
-
 Include:
 
 License: