diff --git a/wmake/wmakeLnInclude b/wmake/wmakeLnInclude
index 066b6346fd0ae6d56a05e2ed559ed8e2ed524453..677515010361b40b0f849c95d9806a25fb394cd1 100755
--- a/wmake/wmakeLnInclude
+++ b/wmake/wmakeLnInclude
@@ -140,9 +140,10 @@ find -L . -type l -exec rm \{\} \;
 
 #
 # create links, avoid recreating links unless necessary
+# things placed in the 'noLink' directory are skipped
 #
 find .. $findOpt \
-    \( -name lnInclude -o -name Make -o -name config \) -prune \
+    \( -name lnInclude -o -name Make -o -name config -o -name noLink \) -prune \
  -o \( -name '*.[CHh]' -o -name '*.[ch]xx' -o -name '*.[ch]pp' -o -name '*.type' \)  \
  -a ! -name ".#*" \
  -print | \