diff --git a/antlir/antlir2/antlir2_packager/src/rpm.rs b/antlir/antlir2/antlir2_packager/src/rpm.rs
index 489e7e74c8..e98e175461 100644
--- a/antlir/antlir2/antlir2_packager/src/rpm.rs
+++ b/antlir/antlir2/antlir2_packager/src/rpm.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pub struct Rpm {
     binary_payload: Option<String>,
     disable_strip: bool,
     disable_build_id_links: bool,
+    disable_ldconfig: bool,
     #[serde(rename = "_strip")]
     strip: Option<Vec<String>>,
 }
@@ -255,6 +256,9 @@ AutoProv: {autoprov}
         if self.disable_build_id_links {
             spec.push_str("%define _build_id_links none\n");
         }
+        if self.disable_ldconfig {
+            spec.push_str("%define __brp_ldconfig %{nil}\n");
+        }
         if let Some(binary_payload) = &self.binary_payload {
             spec.push_str(&format!("%define _binary_payload {binary_payload}\n"));
         }
diff --git a/antlir/antlir2/bzl/package/defs.bzl b/antlir/antlir2/bzl/package/defs.bzl
index 4632512eb9..223fc0cbfb 100644
--- a/antlir/antlir2/bzl/package/defs.bzl
+++ b/antlir/antlir2/bzl/package/defs.bzl
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ _rpm, _rpm_anon = _new_package_rule(
         "conflicts": attrs.list(attrs.string(), default = []),
         "description": attrs.option(attrs.string(), default = None),
         "disable_build_id_links": attrs.bool(default = False),
+        "disable_ldconfig": attrs.bool(default = False),
         "disable_strip": attrs.bool(default = False),
         "epoch": attrs.int(default = 0),
         "extra_files": attrs.list(attrs.string(), default = []),
diff --git a/antlir/antlir2/test_images/package/rpm/BUCK b/antlir/antlir2/test_images/package/rpm/BUCK
index 343513e70b..22eefef1e3 100644
--- a/antlir/antlir2/test_images/package/rpm/BUCK
+++ b/antlir/antlir2/test_images/package/rpm/BUCK
@@ -31,12 +31,20 @@ image.layer(
             dst = "/usr/bin/add",
             never_use_dev_binary_symlink = True,
         ),
+        feature.ensure_dirs_exist(dirs = "/usr/lib64"),
+        feature.install(
+            src = ":libadd[shared]",
+            # Install at a more specific version path, then ldconfig will
+            # symlink libadd.so.1 (SONAME) to this path during rpmbuild
+            dst = "/usr/lib64/libadd.so.1.2",
+        ),
     ],
 )
 
 package.rpm(
     name = "add.rpm",
     # @oss-disable
+    disable_ldconfig = True,
     layer = ":layer",
     license = "none",
     rpm_name = "add",
diff --git a/antlir/antlir2/test_images/package/rpm/test.py b/antlir/antlir2/test_images/package/rpm/test.py
index b8b9ac6f4d..dd085e26d5 100644
--- a/antlir/antlir2/test_images/package/rpm/test.py
+++ b/antlir/antlir2/test_images/package/rpm/test.py
@@ -26,3 +26,9 @@ def test_stripped_binary(self):
         # It should also include debugging stuff, keyed by build-id
         self.assertIn("/usr/lib/.build-id", files)
         self.assertIn("/usr/lib/debug/.build-id", files)
+
+    def test_no_ldconfig(self) -> None:
+        files = _files_in_rpm("/add.rpm")
+        self.assertIn("/usr/lib64/libadd.so.1.2", files)
+        # but ldconfig should not have been run, so the symlink should not exist
+        self.assertNotIn("/usr/lib64/libadd.so.1", files)