Index: /trunk/kBuild/header.kmk
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--- /trunk/kBuild/header.kmk	(revision 2484)
+++ /trunk/kBuild/header.kmk	(revision 2485)
@@ -698,8 +698,9 @@
 
 # When copying to the staging area, use hard links to save time and space.
-if1of ($(KMK_FEATURES), install-hard-linking)
-INSTALL_STAGING := $(INSTALL) --hard-link-files-when-possible
-else
 INSTALL_STAGING := $(INSTALL)
+ifndef KBUILD_NO_HARD_LINKING
+ if1of ($(KMK_FEATURES), install-hard-linking)
+  INSTALL_STAGING := $(INSTALL) --hard-link-files-when-possible
+ endif
 endif