diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7f2aabd..6f56176 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(execinfo.h sys/select.h sys/socket.h syslog.h ctype.h netinet/tcp.h)
 # for src/conv.c
 AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
-AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dlopen], [dl dld], [LIBRARY_DL="$LIBS";LIBS=""])
-AC_SUBST(LIBRARY_DL)
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dlopen], [dl dld], [LIBRARY_DLOPEN="$LIBS";LIBS=""])
+AC_SUBST(LIBRARY_DLOPEN)
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dlsym], [dl dld], [LIBRARY_DLSYM="$LIBS";LIBS=""])
+AC_SUBST(LIBRARY_DLSYM)
 # for src/backtrace.c
 AC_CHECK_LIB(execinfo, backtrace, BACKTRACE_LIB=-lexecinfo, BACKTRACE_LIB=)
 AC_SUBST(BACKTRACE_LIB)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 60b76b5..2a77d5e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 if ENABLE_PLUGIN
 libosmocore_la_SOURCES += plugin.c
-libosmocore_la_LIBADD += $(LIBRARY_DL)
+libosmocore_la_LIBADD += $(LIBRARY_DLOPEN)
 endif
 
 if ENABLE_MSGFILE
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index cca128d..70b5cb8 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -132,17 +132,17 @@
 			 $(top_builddir)/src/gsm/libosmogsm.la
 
 gb_gprs_bssgp_test_SOURCES = gb/gprs_bssgp_test.c
-gb_gprs_bssgp_test_LDADD = $(LDADD) $(top_builddir)/src/gb/libosmogb.la $(LIBRARY_DL) \
+gb_gprs_bssgp_test_LDADD = $(LDADD) $(top_builddir)/src/gb/libosmogb.la $(LIBRARY_DLSYM) \
 			   $(top_builddir)/src/gsm/libosmogsm.la
 
 gb_gprs_ns_test_SOURCES = gb/gprs_ns_test.c
-gb_gprs_ns_test_LDADD = $(LDADD) $(top_builddir)/src/gb/libosmogb.la $(LIBRARY_DL) \
+gb_gprs_ns_test_LDADD = $(LDADD) $(top_builddir)/src/gb/libosmogb.la $(LIBRARY_DLSYM) \
 			$(top_builddir)/src/gsm/libosmogsm.la
 
 logging_logging_test_SOURCES = logging/logging_test.c
 
 fr_fr_test_SOURCES = fr/fr_test.c
-fr_fr_test_LDADD = $(LDADD) $(top_builddir)/src/gb/libosmogb.la $(LIBRARY_DL) \
+fr_fr_test_LDADD = $(LDADD) $(top_builddir)/src/gb/libosmogb.la $(LIBRARY_DLSYM) \
 		   $(top_builddir)/src/gsm/libosmogsm.la
 
 codec_codec_test_SOURCES = codec/codec_test.c