diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index 764b5cc..02ee9c7 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -963,6 +963,17 @@
 // This is used by dlsym(3).  It performs symbol lookup only within the
 // specified soinfo object and its dependencies in breadth first order.
 const ElfW(Sym)* dlsym_handle_lookup(soinfo* si, soinfo** found, const char* name) {
+  // According to man dlopen(3) and posix docs in the case when si is handle
+  // of the main executable we need to search not only in the executable and its
+  // dependencies but also in all libraries loaded with RTLD_GLOBAL.
+  //
+  // Since RTLD_GLOBAL is always set for the main executable and all dt_needed shared
+  // libraries and they are loaded in breath-first (correct) order we can just execute
+  // dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, ...); instead of doing two stage lookup.
+  if (si == somain) {
+    return dlsym_linear_lookup(name, found, nullptr, RTLD_DEFAULT);
+  }
+
   SymbolName symbol_name(name);
   return dlsym_handle_lookup(si, nullptr, found, symbol_name);
 }