diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/include/linker.h b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/include/linker.h
index ea95c7c11c..05a2b5cc45 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/include/linker.h
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/include/linker.h
@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ class Linker::Object : private Fifo<Object>::Element,
 		virtual void load() = 0;
 		virtual bool unload() { return false;}
 
+		/**
+		 * Did this ELF require loading or was it present already
+		 */
+		virtual bool already_present() const { return false; }
+
 		/**
 		 * Next object in initialization list
 		 */
diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/main.cc b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/main.cc
index 6a8d156c36..5006c3ef91 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/main.cc
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/main.cc
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ class Linker::Elf_object : public Object, private Fifo<Elf_object>::Element
 		void load()   override { _ref_count++; }
 		bool unload() override { return (_keep == DONT_KEEP) && !(--_ref_count); }
 
+		bool already_present() const override { return _ref_count > 1; }
+
 		bool keep() const override { return _keep == KEEP; }
 
 		bool is_linker() const override { return false; }
diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/shared_object.cc b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/shared_object.cc
index 9ded9a2afc..2ec3c99583 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/shared_object.cc
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/shared_object.cc
@@ -59,16 +59,20 @@ Genode::Shared_object::Shared_object(Env &env, Allocator &md_alloc,
 	try {
 		Mutex::Guard guard(Linker::shared_object_mutex());
 
-		_handle = new (md_alloc)
+		Root_object *root  = new (md_alloc)
 			Root_object(env, md_alloc, file ? file : binary_name(),
 			            bind == BIND_NOW ? Linker::BIND_NOW : Linker::BIND_LAZY,
 			            keep == KEEP     ? Linker::KEEP     : Linker::DONT_KEEP);
 
+		_handle = root;
+
 		/* print loaded object information */
-		try {
-			if (Linker::verbose)
-				Linker::dump_link_map(to_root(_handle).first_dep()->obj());
-		} catch (...) {  }
+		if (Linker::verbose) {
+			root->deps().for_each([] (Linker::Dependency const &dep) {
+				if (dep.obj().already_present()) return;
+				Linker::dump_link_map(dep.obj());
+			});
+		}
 
 	} catch(Linker::Not_found &symbol) {
 		warning("LD: symbol not found: '", symbol, "'");