diff --git a/src/base/config.lua b/src/base/config.lua
index b232ad91..c936b57f 100755
--- a/src/base/config.lua
+++ b/src/base/config.lua
@@ -262,10 +262,20 @@
 			local link = cfg.links[i]
 			local item
 
+			-- Strip linking decorators from link, to determine if the link
+			-- is a "sibling" project.
+			local endswith = function(s, ptrn)
+				return ptrn == string.sub(s, -string.len(ptrn))
+			end
+			local name = link
+			if endswith(name, ":static") or endswith(name, ":shared") then
+				name = string.sub(name, 0, -8)
+			end
+
 			-- Sort the links into "sibling" (is another project in this same
 			-- workspace) and "system" (is not part of this workspace) libraries.
 
-			local prj = p.workspace.findproject(cfg.workspace, link)
+			local prj = p.workspace.findproject(cfg.workspace, name)
 			if prj and kind ~= "system" then
 
 				-- Sibling; is there a matching configuration in this project that
diff --git a/tests/config/test_links.lua b/tests/config/test_links.lua
index dadc4564..ba51a87b 100755
--- a/tests/config/test_links.lua
+++ b/tests/config/test_links.lua
@@ -222,3 +222,45 @@
 		local r = prepare("all", "fullpath")
 		test.isequal({ "bin/Debug/MyProject2.lib" }, r)
 	end
+
+--
+-- Linking decorators need to be passed through
+--
+
+	function suite.canLink_StaticDecoratorSystemLib()
+		links { "SystemLibrary:static" }
+		local r = prepare("all", "fullpath")
+		test.isequal({ "SystemLibrary:static" }, r)
+	end
+
+	function suite.canLink_SharedDecoratorSystemLib()
+		links { "SystemLibrary:shared" }
+		local r = prepare("all", "fullpath")
+		test.isequal({ "SystemLibrary:shared" }, r)
+	end
+
+--
+-- Linking decorators need to be stripped for sibling projects
+--
+
+	function suite.canLink_StaticDecoratorSiblingLib()
+		links { "SiblingLibrary:static" }
+
+		project "SiblingLibrary"
+		kind "StaticLib"
+		language "C++"
+
+		local r = prepare("all", "fullpath")
+		test.isequal({ "bin/Debug/SiblingLibrary.lib" }, r)
+	end
+
+	function suite.canLink_SharedDecoratorSiblingLib()
+		links { "SiblingLibrary:shared" }
+
+		project "SiblingLibrary"
+		kind "SharedLib"
+		language "C++"
+
+		local r = prepare("all", "fullpath")
+		test.isequal({ "bin/Debug/SiblingLibrary.lib" }, r)
+	end