diff --git a/pkgs/racket-pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/raco/setup.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/raco/setup.scrbl
index 877d48ccee..2e357429af 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/raco/setup.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-pkgs/racket-doc/scribblings/raco/setup.scrbl
@@ -530,7 +530,9 @@ Optional @filepath{info.rkt} fields trigger additional actions by
 
  @item{@indexed-racket[copy-foreign-libs] : @racket[(listof (and/c
    path-string? relative-path?))] --- Files to copy into a
-   directory where foreign libraries are found by @racket[ffi-lib].}
+   directory where foreign libraries are found by @racket[ffi-lib].
+   If @racket[install-platform] is defined, then the files are copied
+   only if the current platform matches the definition.}
 
  @item{@indexed-racket[move-foreign-libs] : @racket[(listof (and/c
    path-string? relative-path?))] --- Like @racket[copy-foreign-libs],
@@ -539,7 +541,9 @@ Optional @filepath{info.rkt} fields trigger additional actions by
 
  @item{@indexed-racket[copy-shared-files] : @racket[(listof (and/c
    path-string? relative-path?))] --- Files to copy into a
-   directory where shared files are found.}
+   directory where shared files are found.
+   If @racket[install-platform] is defined, then the files are copied
+   only if the current platform matches the definition.}
 
  @item{@indexed-racket[move-shared-files] : @racket[(listof (and/c
    path-string? relative-path?))] --- Like @racket[copy-shared-files],
@@ -557,6 +561,19 @@ Optional @filepath{info.rkt} fields trigger additional actions by
    @racket[copy-man-pages], but the original file is removed after it
    is copied (which makes sense for precompiled packages).}
 
+ @item{@indexed-racket[install-platform] : @racket[(or/c regexp?
+   string? symbol?)] --- Determines whether files are copied or moved
+   for @racket[copy-foreign-libs], @racket[move-foreign-libs],
+   @racket[copy-shared-files], or @racket[move-shared-files]. If
+   @racket[install-platform] is defined as a regexp, then files are
+   copied/moved only if the regexp matches the result of
+   @racket[(system-library-subpath #f)]. If @racket[install-platform]
+   is defined as a string, then files are copied/moved only if the
+   @racket[(path->string (system-library-subpath #f))] produces the
+   same string. If @racket[install-platform] is defined as a symbol,
+   then files are copied/moved only if the @racket[(system-type)]
+   produces the same symbol.}
+
  @item{@indexed-racket[install-collection] : @racket[path-string?]  --- A
    library module relative to the collection that provides
    @racket[installer]. The @racket[installer] procedure accepts one
diff --git a/racket/collects/setup/setup-unit.rkt b/racket/collects/setup/setup-unit.rkt
index b8da3078a5..1d110d7542 100644
--- a/racket/collects/setup/setup-unit.rkt
+++ b/racket/collects/setup/setup-unit.rkt
@@ -817,6 +817,21 @@
              [else
               (installer dir)]))))))
 
+  (define (this-platform? info)
+    (define sys
+      (call-info info
+                 'install-platform
+                 (lambda () #rx"")
+                 (lambda (v)
+                   (unless (or (regexp? v)
+                               (string? v)
+                               (symbol? v))
+                     (error "entry is not regexp, string, or symbol:" v)))))
+    (cond
+     [(regexp? sys) (regexp-match? sys (system-library-subpath #f))]
+     [(symbol? sys) (eq? sys (system-type))]
+     [else (equal? sys (path->string (system-library-subpath #f)))]))
+
   ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
   ;;                  Make zo                      ;;
   ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
@@ -1477,7 +1492,8 @@
                                receipt-file
                                receipt-at-dest?
                                check-entry
-                               build-dest-path)
+                               build-dest-path
+                               this-platform?)
     (define (make-libs-step)
       (setup-printf #f (format "--- installing ~a ---" whats))
       (define installed-libs (make-hash))
@@ -1489,8 +1505,9 @@
                             (define move-libs
                               (call-info info move-tag (lambda () null) check-entry))
 
-                            (unless (and (null? copy-libs)
-                                         (null? move-libs))
+                            (unless (or (and (null? copy-libs)
+                                             (null? move-libs))
+                                        (not (this-platform? info)))
                               (define dir (if (cc-main? cc)
                                               (find-target-dir)
                                               (find-user-target-dir)))
@@ -1642,7 +1659,8 @@
                          (lambda (l)
                            (unless (list-of relative-path-string? l)
                              (error "entry is not a list of relative path strings:" l)))
-                         build-path))
+                         build-path
+                         this-platform?))
 
   (define make-shares-step
     (make-copy/move-step "shared file"
@@ -1657,7 +1675,8 @@
                          (lambda (l)
                            (unless (list-of relative-path-string? l)
                              (error "entry is not a list of relative path strings:" l)))
-                         build-path))
+                         build-path
+                         this-platform?))
 
   (define make-mans-step
     (make-copy/move-step "man page"
@@ -1680,7 +1699,8 @@
                          (lambda (d n)
                            (build-path d 
                                        (bytes->path-element (bytes-append #"man" (filename-extension n)))
-                                       n))))
+                                       n))
+                         (lambda (info) #t)))
 
   ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
   ;;       Package-dependency checking         ;;
@@ -1740,7 +1760,9 @@
 
   (do-install-part 'pre)
 
-  (when (make-foreign-libs) (make-foreign-libs-step))
+  (when (make-foreign-libs)
+    (make-foreign-libs-step)
+    (make-shares-step))
 
   (when (make-zo) (make-zo-step))