diff --git a/src/if_python.c b/src/if_python.c
index ea2e926..8185fc1 100644
--- a/src/if_python.c
+++ b/src/if_python.c
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@
 #  define HINSTANCE long_u		/* for generating prototypes */
 # endif
 
-#ifndef _WIN32
+#ifndef WIN3264
 # include <dlfcn.h>
 # define FARPROC void*
 # define HINSTANCE void*
-# define load_dll(n) dlopen((n),RTLD_LAZY)
+# define load_dll(n) dlopen((n), RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_GLOBAL)
 # define close_dll dlclose
 # define symbol_from_dll dlsym
 #else
diff --git a/src/if_python3.c b/src/if_python3.c
index 422878a..238f968 100644
--- a/src/if_python3.c
+++ b/src/if_python3.c
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@
 
 #if defined(DYNAMIC_PYTHON3)
 
-#ifndef _WIN32
+#ifndef WIN3264
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #define FARPROC void*
 #define HINSTANCE void*
-#define load_dll(n) dlopen((n),RTLD_LAZY)
+#define load_dll(n) dlopen((n), RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_GLOBAL)
 #define close_dll dlclose
 #define symbol_from_dll dlsym
 #else