diff --git a/lib/gssapi/mech/gss_mech_switch.c b/lib/gssapi/mech/gss_mech_switch.c
index 6da7411a9..3aca12369 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/mech/gss_mech_switch.c
+++ b/lib/gssapi/mech/gss_mech_switch.c
@@ -281,7 +281,11 @@ _gss_load_mech(void)
 #define RTLD_LOCAL 0
 #endif
 
-		so = dlopen(lib, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL);
+#ifndef RTLD_GROUP
+#define RTLD_GROUP 0
+#endif
+
+		so = dlopen(lib, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL | RTLD_GROUP);
 		if (!so) {
 /*			fprintf(stderr, "dlopen: %s\n", dlerror()); */
 			free(mech_oid.elements);