--- Python-1.5.2/Python/importdl.c.dist	Wed Jan 27 18:53:10 1999
+++ Python-1.5.2/Python/importdl.c	Fri Aug  4 08:48:46 2000
@@ -441,13 +441,13 @@
 #ifdef RTLD_NOW
 		/* RTLD_NOW: resolve externals now
 		   (i.e. core dump now if some are missing) */
-		void *handle = dlopen(pathname, RTLD_NOW);
+		void *handle = dlopen(pathname, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
 #else
 		void *handle;
 		if (Py_VerboseFlag)
 			printf("dlopen(\"%s\", %d);\n", pathname,
 			       RTLD_LAZY);
-		handle = dlopen(pathname, RTLD_LAZY);
+		handle = dlopen(pathname, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
 #endif /* RTLD_NOW */
 		if (handle == NULL) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ImportError, dlerror());