diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/SolibSymlinkAction.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/SolibSymlinkAction.java
index 8891dc5f610343..be2fac037d8d5a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/SolibSymlinkAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/SolibSymlinkAction.java
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@
 
 package com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.cpp;
 
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.hash.Hashing;
+import com.google.common.io.Files;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.AbstractAction;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ActionAnalysisMetadata;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.ActionExecutionContext;
@@ -220,6 +225,22 @@ private static Artifact getDynamicLibrarySymlinkInternal(
     return symlink;
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting public static final int MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH = 255;
+
+  private static String maybeHashPreserveExtension(String filename) {
+    if (filename.length() <= MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH) {
+      return filename;
+    } else {
+      String hashedName = Hashing.sha256().hashString(filename, UTF_8).toString();
+      String extension = Files.getFileExtension(filename);
+      if (extension.isEmpty()) {
+        return hashedName;
+      } else {
+        return hashedName + "." + extension;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the name of the symlink that will be created for a library, given its name.
    *
@@ -243,12 +264,14 @@ private static PathFragment getMangledName(
     if (preserveName) {
       String escapedLibraryPath =
           Actions.escapedPath("_" + libraryPath.getParentDirectory().getPathString());
+      String escapedFullPath =
+          prefixConsumer ? escapedRulePath + "__" + escapedLibraryPath : escapedLibraryPath;
       PathFragment mangledDir =
-          solibDirPath.getRelative(
-              prefixConsumer ? escapedRulePath + "__" + escapedLibraryPath : escapedLibraryPath);
+          solibDirPath.getRelative(maybeHashPreserveExtension(escapedFullPath));
       return mangledDir.getRelative(soname);
     } else {
-      return solibDirPath.getRelative(prefixConsumer ? escapedRulePath + "__" + soname : soname);
+      String filename = prefixConsumer ? escapedRulePath + "__" + soname : soname;
+      return solibDirPath.getRelative(maybeHashPreserveExtension(filename));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcLibraryConfiguredTargetTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcLibraryConfiguredTargetTest.java
index e70c09c4356795..e3e0967de42fa7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcLibraryConfiguredTargetTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/CcLibraryConfiguredTargetTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.getOnlyElement;
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.cpp.SolibSymlinkAction.MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
@@ -2267,4 +2268,35 @@ public void testWindowsCcLibrariesNoDepsDynamicLibrariesDoNotLinkstamp() throws
     CppLinkAction action = (CppLinkAction) getGeneratingAction(sharedObject);
     assertThat(action.getLinkstampObjects()).isEmpty();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testReallyLongSolibLink() throws Exception {
+    AnalysisMock.get()
+        .ccSupport()
+        .setupCcToolchainConfig(
+            mockToolsConfig,
+            CcToolchainConfig.builder().withFeatures(CppRuleClasses.SUPPORTS_DYNAMIC_LINKER));
+
+    String longpath =
+        "this/is/a/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/"
+            + "really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/"
+            + "really/really/long/path/that/generates/really/long/solib/link/file";
+    scratch.file(
+        longpath + "/BUILD",
+        "cc_library(",
+        "    name = 'lib',",
+        "    srcs = ['lib.cc'],",
+        "    linkstatic = 0,",
+        ")");
+
+    ConfiguredTarget lib = getConfiguredTarget("//" + longpath + ":lib");
+    List<Artifact> libraries =
+        lib.get(CcInfo.PROVIDER)
+            .getCcLinkingContext()
+            .getDynamicLibrariesForRuntime(/* linkingStatically= */ false);
+    List<String> libraryBaseNames = ActionsTestUtil.baseArtifactNames(libraries);
+    for (String baseName : libraryBaseNames) {
+      assertThat(baseName.length()).isLessThan(MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH + 1);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/StarlarkCcCommonTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/StarlarkCcCommonTest.java
index a76ffe3ff8ad52..8e0c549227f008 100755
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/StarlarkCcCommonTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/StarlarkCcCommonTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth8.assertThat;
 import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.util.ActionsTestUtil.baseArtifactNames;
 import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.actions.util.ActionsTestUtil.prettyArtifactNames;
+import static com.google.devtools.build.lib.rules.cpp.SolibSymlinkAction.MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
@@ -1527,6 +1528,35 @@ public void testSolibLinkCustom() throws Exception {
         .containsExactly("libcustom.ifso");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testReallyLongSolibLink() throws Exception {
+    setUpCcLinkingContextTest(false);
+
+    String longpath =
+        "this/is/a/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/"
+            + "really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/really/"
+            + "really/really/long/path/that/generates/really/long/solib/link/path";
+    scratch.file(
+        longpath + "/BUILD",
+        "load('//tools/build_defs/cc:rule.bzl', 'crule')",
+        "crule(name='a',",
+        "   dynamic_library = 'a.so',",
+        ")");
+
+    ConfiguredTarget a = getConfiguredTarget("//" + longpath + ":a");
+    StructImpl info = ((StructImpl) getMyInfoFromTarget(a).getValue("info"));
+    Depset librariesToLink = info.getValue("libraries_to_link", Depset.class);
+    ImmutableList<String> dynamicLibraryParentDirectories =
+        librariesToLink.toList(LibraryToLink.class).stream()
+            .filter(x -> x.getDynamicLibrary() != null)
+            .map(
+                x -> x.getDynamicLibrary().getRootRelativePath().getParentDirectory().getBaseName())
+            .collect(ImmutableList.toImmutableList());
+    for (String dynamicLibraryParentDirectory : dynamicLibraryParentDirectories) {
+      assertThat(dynamicLibraryParentDirectory.length()).isLessThan(MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH + 1);
+    }
+  }
+
   private void doTestCcLinkingContext(
       List<String> staticLibraryList,
       List<String> picStaticLibraryList,