diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index b487526..1c103d6 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@
 			"The accepted values for --data=VALUE are:",
 			"",
 			"target-type, target-path, target-name, working-directory, "
-			"main-source-file, dflags, lflags, libs, source-files, "
+			"main-source-file, dflags, lflags, libs, lib-files, source-files, "
 			"copy-files, versions, debug-versions, import-paths, "
 			"string-import-paths, import-files, string-import-files, "
 			"pre-generate-commands, post-generate-commands, "
diff --git a/source/dub/compilers/buildsettings.d b/source/dub/compilers/buildsettings.d
index 83e9322..190dd00 100644
--- a/source/dub/compilers/buildsettings.d
+++ b/source/dub/compilers/buildsettings.d
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	string[] dflags;
 	string[] lflags;
 	string[] libs;
+	string[] libFiles;
 	string[] sourceFiles;
 	string[] copyFiles;
 	string[] versions;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
 		addDFlags(bs.dflags);
 		addLFlags(bs.lflags);
 		addLibs(bs.libs);
+		addLibFiles(bs.libFiles);
 		addSourceFiles(bs.sourceFiles);
 		addCopyFiles(bs.copyFiles);
 		addVersions(bs.versions);
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@
 	void removeDFlags(in string[] value...) { remove(dflags, value); }
 	void addLFlags(in string[] value...) { lflags ~= value; }
 	void addLibs(in string[] value...) { add(libs, value); }
+	void addLibFiles(in string[] value...) { add(libFiles, value); }
 	void addSourceFiles(in string[] value...) { add(sourceFiles, value); }
 	void prependSourceFiles(in string[] value...) { prepend(sourceFiles, value); }
 	void removeSourceFiles(in string[] value...) { removePaths(sourceFiles, value); }
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index 415bb9f..79f91e2 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@
 		case "dflags":                 return listBuildSetting!"dflags"(platform, configs, projectDescription);
 		case "lflags":                 return listBuildSetting!"lflags"(platform, configs, projectDescription);
 		case "libs":                   return listBuildSetting!"libs"(platform, configs, projectDescription);
+		case "lib-files":              return listBuildSetting!"libFiles"(platform, configs, projectDescription);
 		case "source-files":           return listBuildSetting!"sourceFiles"(platform, configs, projectDescription);
 		case "copy-files":             return listBuildSetting!"copyFiles"(platform, configs, projectDescription);
 		case "versions":               return listBuildSetting!"versions"(platform, configs, projectDescription);
@@ -762,7 +763,7 @@
 		foreach (ldep; target.linkDependencies) {
 			auto dbs = projectDescription.targetLookup[ldep].buildSettings;
 			if (bs.targetType != TargetType.staticLibrary) {
-				bs.addLibs((Path(dbs.targetPath) ~ getTargetFileName(dbs, platform)).toNativeString());
+				bs.addLibFiles((Path(dbs.targetPath) ~ getTargetFileName(dbs, platform)).toNativeString());
 			}
 		}
 		target.buildSettings = bs;
diff --git a/test/4-describe-data.sh b/test/4-describe-data.sh
index bdf5560..117f4d0 100755
--- a/test/4-describe-data.sh
+++ b/test/4-describe-data.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     --data=dflags \
     --data=lflags \
     --data=libs \
+    --data=lib-files \
     --data=source-files \
     --data=copy-files \
     --data=versions \
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@
 # --data=libs
 echo "ssl" >> "$expected_file"
 echo "curl" >> "$expected_file"
+echo >> "$expected_file"
+# --data=lib-files
 echo "$CURR_DIR/describe-dependency-3/libdescribe-dependency-3.a" >> "$expected_file"
 echo >> "$expected_file"
 # --data=source-files