diff --git a/linker/dlfcn.cpp b/linker/dlfcn.cpp
index a3f5246..fee19f4 100644
--- a/linker/dlfcn.cpp
+++ b/linker/dlfcn.cpp
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
                                     void* context) __LINKER_PUBLIC__;
 }
 
-static pthread_mutex_t g_dl_mutex = PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP;
+pthread_mutex_t g_dl_mutex = PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP;
 
 static char* __bionic_set_dlerror(char* new_value) {
   char* old_value = __get_thread()->current_dlerror;
diff --git a/linker/linker_globals.h b/linker/linker_globals.h
index 0998629..0cb7ca9 100644
--- a/linker/linker_globals.h
+++ b/linker/linker_globals.h
@@ -104,3 +104,4 @@
 };
 
 __LIBC_HIDDEN__ extern bool g_is_ldd;
+__LIBC_HIDDEN__ extern pthread_mutex_t g_dl_mutex;
diff --git a/linker/linker_main.cpp b/linker/linker_main.cpp
index f7c8ea9..e92aada 100644
--- a/linker/linker_main.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker_main.cpp
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@
 #include "linker_tls.h"
 #include "linker_utils.h"
 
+#include "private/KernelArgumentBlock.h"
+#include "private/ScopedPthreadMutexLocker.h"
 #include "private/bionic_call_ifunc_resolver.h"
 #include "private/bionic_globals.h"
 #include "private/bionic_tls.h"
-#include "private/KernelArgumentBlock.h"
 
 #include "android-base/unique_fd.h"
 #include "android-base/strings.h"
@@ -498,6 +499,11 @@
 
   if (!get_cfi_shadow()->InitialLinkDone(solist)) __linker_cannot_link(g_argv[0]);
 
+  // A constructor could spawn a thread that calls into the loader, so as soon
+  // as we've called a constructor, we need to hold the lock while accessing
+  // global loader state.
+  ScopedPthreadMutexLocker locker(&g_dl_mutex);
+
   si->call_pre_init_constructors();
   si->call_constructors();