diff --git a/core/relinker/cli/src/NativeModules.cpp b/core/relinker/cli/src/NativeModules.cpp
index f6e5bc3100..835909cfb7 100644
--- a/core/relinker/cli/src/NativeModules.cpp
+++ b/core/relinker/cli/src/NativeModules.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ NativeModules ReadModules(const std::filesystem::path& inputPath, const std::fil
     std::map<std::size_t, std::string> sonames;
     const auto soname = [&](std::size_t index) -> const std::string& {
         const auto [found, inserted] = sonames.try_emplace(index);
-        if (inserted) found->second = GuestImageReader().Read(result.Modules[index].Path, result.Modules[index].Bytes).Soname;
+        if (inserted) found->second = GuestImageReader().Read(result.Modules[index].Path, result.Modules[index].Bytes, true).Soname;
         return found->second;
     };
     std::vector<bool> copies(result.Modules.size());
diff --git a/core/relinker/relinker/tests/test_guest_module_directories.py b/core/relinker/relinker/tests/test_guest_module_directories.py
index fcbf2375e1..5f49680e0d 100644
--- a/core/relinker/relinker/tests/test_guest_module_directories.py
+++ b/core/relinker/relinker/tests/test_guest_module_directories.py
@@ -24,12 +24,16 @@ def module_with_symbol(exported):
     return image
 
 
-def module_with_soname(soname):
+def module_with_soname(soname, duplicate_alias=False):
     image = module_with_symbol(True)
-    strings = b"\0shared#A#B\0" + soname.encode() + b"\0"
+    alias = b"shared#C#B\0" if duplicate_alias else b""
+    strings = b"\0shared#A#B\0" + alias + soname.encode() + b"\0"
     image[0x800:0x800 + len(strings)] = strings
+    if duplicate_alias:
+        struct.pack_into("<II", image, 0x840, 1, 3)
+        struct.pack_into("<IBBHQQ", image, 0x8B0, 12, 0x12, 0, 1, 0x1000, 1)
     dynamic(image, 0x600, 176, [(5, 0x2200), (10, len(strings)), (6, 0x2280), (11, 24),
-                                (4, 0x2240), (7, 0x2300), (8, 0), (9, 24), (14, 12)])
+                                (4, 0x2240), (7, 0x2300), (8, 0), (9, 24), (14, 12 + len(alias))])
     return image
 
 
@@ -149,6 +153,20 @@ def main():
                 assert result.stdout.count(skipped) == 1, result.stdout
             assert {path.name for path in (case / "app0").rglob("*.guest.prx")} == {"libSceFace.prx.guest.prx"}
 
+            case = work / f"{windows}-backup-alias"
+            (case / "sce_module").mkdir(parents=True)
+            for name in ("libSceFace.prx", "libSceFace.prx.esbak"):
+                (case / "sce_module" / name).write_bytes(module_with_soname("libSceFace.prx", True))
+            result, output = convert(case, windows)
+            skipped = "Skipping backup copy: sce_module/libSceFace.prx.esbak (same SONAME as sce_module/libSceFace.prx)"
+            assert result.stdout.count(skipped) == 1, result.stdout
+            if windows:
+                assert result.returncode == 0 and output.exists(), (result.stdout, result.stderr)
+                assert {path.name for path in (case / "app0").rglob("*.guest.prx")} == {"libSceFace.prx.guest.prx"}
+            else:
+                assert result.returncode == 2 and "Duplicate or empty export after stripping #: shared" in result.stderr, result.stderr
+                assert not output.exists() and not (case / "app0").exists(), output
+
             case = work / f"{windows}-prefixed-libraries"
             (case / "sce_module").mkdir(parents=True)
             for name in ("libfoo.so.1", "libfoo.so.10"):