diff --git a/meson/evas_loader_conf.sh b/meson/evas_loader_conf.sh
index 5ed40e3a2e..4ff60c351b 100755
--- a/meson/evas_loader_conf.sh
+++ b/meson/evas_loader_conf.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 original_loader=$1
 filename="$(basename $original_loader)"
 ext="${ext##*.}"
-original_name="$(basename $original_loader $ext)"
+original_name="$(basename $original_loader .$ext)"
 loader_dir="$(dirname $original_loader)"
 loader="$(basename $original_loader)"
 loader_name="$(echo $original_name | cut -f 1 -d '.')"
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ if [ ${original_loader: -3} == "$ext" ]
 fi
 
 for x in "${@:2}"; do
-  ln -sf "$DESTDIR"/"$loader_dir"/"$original_name" "$DESTDIR"/"$loader_dir"/"$loader_name"."$x"
-done
\ No newline at end of file
+  ln -sf "$original_name" "$DESTDIR"/"$loader_dir"/"$loader_name"."$x"
+done