--- src/loadlib.c.orig	2010-02-09 16:58:47.000000000 -0600
+++ src/loadlib.c	2010-02-09 16:59:12.000000000 -0600
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
 
 static void *ll_load (lua_State *L, const char *path) {
-  void *lib = dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW);
+  void *lib = dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW|RTLD_GLOBAL);
   if (lib == NULL) lua_pushstring(L, dlerror());
   return lib;
 }