diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/debug.cc b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/debug.cc
index 4f1e00448c..7bc6e36d02 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/debug.cc
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/debug.cc
@@ -12,8 +12,23 @@
  */
 
 #include <debug.h>
+#include <linker.h>
 
 /**
  * C-break function for GDB
  */
 extern "C" void brk(Linker::Debug *, Linker::Link_map *) { }
+
+
+void Linker::dump_link_map(Object *o)
+{
+	for (; o; o = o->next_obj()) {
+
+		if (o->is_binary())
+			continue;
+
+		Genode::printf("  " EFMT " .. " EFMT ": %s\n",
+		                o->link_map()->addr, o->link_map()->addr + o->size() - 1,
+		                o->name());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/include/debug.h b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/include/debug.h
index f6f0134bbf..c315962190 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/include/debug.h
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/include/debug.h
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@ constexpr bool verbose_link_map = false;
 namespace Linker {
 	struct Debug;
 	struct Link_map;
+
+	struct Object;
+	void dump_link_map(Object *o);
 }
 
+
 /**
  * LIBC debug support
  */
diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/main.cc b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/main.cc
index ff89413d79..0f4a51edb1 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/main.cc
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/main.cc
@@ -538,21 +538,6 @@ extern "C" void init_rtld()
 }
 
 
-static void dump_loaded()
-{
-	Object *o = Elf_object::obj_list()->head();
-	for(; o; o = o->next_obj()) {
-
-		if (o->is_binary())
-			continue;
-
-		Genode::printf("  " EFMT " .. " EFMT ": %s\n",
-		                o->link_map()->addr, o->link_map()->addr + o->size() - 1,
-		                o->name());
-	}
-}
-
-
 Genode::size_t Component::stack_size() { return 16*1024*sizeof(long); }
 char const * Component::name()         { return "ep"; }
 
@@ -585,7 +570,7 @@ void Component::construct(Genode::Environment &env)
 			     Genode::Thread_base::stack_area_virtual_base(),
 			     Genode::Thread_base::stack_area_virtual_base() +
 			     Genode::Thread_base::stack_area_virtual_size() - 1);
-			dump_loaded();
+			dump_link_map(Elf_object::obj_list()->head());
 		}
 	} catch (...) {  }
 
diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/shared_object.cc b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/shared_object.cc
index 0f81334865..9c342a1e2f 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/shared_object.cc
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/shared_object.cc
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2.
  */
 
+/* Genode includes */
+#include <os/config.h>
+
+/* local includes */
 #include <linker.h>
 
 
@@ -63,6 +67,13 @@ Genode::Shared_object::Shared_object(char const *file, unsigned flags)
 		bind_now = (flags & Shared_object::NOW) ? true : false;
 
 		_handle = (Root_object *)new (Genode::env()->heap()) Root_object(file ? file : binary_name(), flags);
+
+		/* print loaded object information */
+		try {
+			if (Genode::config()->xml_node().attribute("ld_verbose").has_value("yes"))
+				Linker::dump_link_map(to_root(_handle)->dep.head()->obj);
+		} catch (...) {  }
+
 	} catch (...) { throw Invalid_file(); }
 }