diff --git a/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx b/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx
index ba5d50f0dacf9..dffb266d9461d 100644
--- a/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx
+++ b/core/base/src/TSystem.cxx
@@ -3418,16 +3418,18 @@ int TSystem::CompileMacro(const char *filename, Option_t *opt,
          if (!f(I->c_str()))
             break;
    };
-   auto LoadLibrary = [useCxxModules, produceRootmap, ForeachSharedLibDep](const TString &lib) {
-      // We have no rootmap files or modules to construct `-l` flags enabling
-      // explicit linking. We have to resolve the dependencies by ourselves
-      // taking the job of the dyld.
+   auto LoadLibrary = [linkDepLibraries, useCxxModules, produceRootmap, ForeachSharedLibDep](const TString &lib) {
+      // If the library was explicitly linked against its dependencies, they
+      // are recorded in the library itself and the dynamic linker loads them.
+      // Otherwise, we have no rootmap files or modules to construct `-l` flags
+      // enabling explicit linking. We have to resolve the dependencies by
+      // ourselves taking the job of the dyld.
       // FIXME: This is a rare case where we have rootcling running with
       // modules disabled. Remove this code once we fully switch to modules,
       // or implement a special flag in rootcling which selective enables
       // modules for dependent libraries and does not produce a module for
       // the ACLiC library.
-      if (useCxxModules && !produceRootmap) {
+      if (!linkDepLibraries && useCxxModules && !produceRootmap) {
          std::function<bool(const char *)> LoadLibF = [](const char *dep) {
             return gInterpreter->Load(dep, /*skipReload*/ true) >= 0;
          };