diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/group_plugin.c b/plugins/sudoers/group_plugin.c
index 2bc536cbc..614ce1a29 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/group_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/group_plugin.c
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
 
 #include "sudoers.h"
 
-#ifndef RTLD_LOCAL
-# define RTLD_LOCAL	0
+#ifndef RTLD_GLOBAL
+# define RTLD_GLOBAL	0
 #endif
 
 static void *group_handle;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ group_plugin_load(char *plugin_info)
     }
 
     /* Open plugin and map in symbol. */
-    group_handle = dlopen(path, RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_LOCAL);
+    group_handle = dlopen(path, RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_GLOBAL);
     if (!group_handle) {
 	warningx(_("unable to dlopen %s: %s"), path, dlerror());
 	goto done;
diff --git a/src/load_plugins.c b/src/load_plugins.c
index e756e57ed..b4a82e0ae 100644
--- a/src/load_plugins.c
+++ b/src/load_plugins.c
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
 #include "sudo_plugin.h"
 #include "sudo_plugin_int.h"
 
-#ifndef RTLD_LOCAL
-# define RTLD_LOCAL	0
+#ifndef RTLD_GLOBAL
+# define RTLD_GLOBAL	0
 #endif
 
 const char *noexec_path = _PATH_SUDO_NOEXEC;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ sudo_load_plugins(const char *conf_file,
 	}
 
 	/* Open plugin and map in symbol */
-	handle = dlopen(path, RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_LOCAL);
+	handle = dlopen(path, RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_GLOBAL);
 	if (!handle) {
 	    warningx(_("unable to dlopen %s: %s"), path, dlerror());
 	    goto done;