diff --git a/tccelf.c b/tccelf.c
index 4837936d..049d9cda 100644
--- a/tccelf.c
+++ b/tccelf.c
@@ -1586,9 +1586,13 @@ static void provide_linker_sym(TCCState *s1, const char *name,
 {
     int sym_index = find_elf_sym(symtab_section, name);
 
-    if (!sym_index
-        || ((ElfW(Sym) *)symtab_section->data)[sym_index].st_shndx != SHN_UNDEF)
+    if (sym_index) {
+        if (((ElfW(Sym) *)symtab_section->data)[sym_index].st_shndx != SHN_UNDEF)
+            return;
+    } else if (!s1->dynsymtab_section
+               || !find_elf_sym(s1->dynsymtab_section, name)) {
         return;
+    }
     set_linker_sym(s1, name, sec, offs);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/tests2/151+_dso_linker_symbol.c b/tests/tests2/151+_dso_linker_symbol.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3a9dcf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests2/151+_dso_linker_symbol.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+char end = 7;
+
+char *get_dso_end(void)
+{
+    return &end;
+}
diff --git a/tests/tests2/151_dso_linker_symbol.c b/tests/tests2/151_dso_linker_symbol.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26e5491c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests2/151_dso_linker_symbol.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+extern char _end[];
+extern char *get_dso_end(void);
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    int errors = get_dso_end() != _end;
+
+    printf("DSO linker symbol errors: %d\n", errors);
+    return errors;
+}
diff --git a/tests/tests2/151_dso_linker_symbol.expect b/tests/tests2/151_dso_linker_symbol.expect
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e81c47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests2/151_dso_linker_symbol.expect
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DSO linker symbol errors: 0
diff --git a/tests/tests2/Makefile b/tests/tests2/Makefile
index 1c094d42..d8c4ebb8 100644
--- a/tests/tests2/Makefile
+++ b/tests/tests2/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_bcheck),no)
 endif
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_dll),no)
  SKIP += 113_btdll.test 147_def_library.test # no shared lib support yet
- SKIP += 149_end_copy_reloc.test
+ SKIP += 149_end_copy_reloc.test 151_dso_linker_symbol.test
 endif
 ifeq (-$(findstring gcc,$(CC))-,--)
  SKIP += $(patsubst %.expect,%.test,$(GEN-ALWAYS))
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ ifeq (-$(CONFIG_WIN32)-,-yes-)
  SKIP += 124_atomic_counter.test # No pthread support
  SKIP += 144_tls.test 146_tls_extern.test # TLS runtime not supported
  SKIP += 148_linker_symbols.test 149_end_copy_reloc.test # ELF linker tests
- SKIP += 150_linker_boundaries.test
+ SKIP += 150_linker_boundaries.test 151_dso_linker_symbol.test
 endif
 ifneq (,$(filter OpenBSD FreeBSD NetBSD,$(TARGETOS)))
  SKIP += 106_versym.test # no pthread_condattr_setpshared
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_OSX),yes)
  SKIP += 144_tls.test 146_tls_extern.test # TLS runtime not supported on Mach-O
  SKIP += 148_linker_symbols.test 149_end_copy_reloc.test # ELF linker tests
- SKIP += 150_linker_boundaries.test
+ SKIP += 150_linker_boundaries.test 151_dso_linker_symbol.test
 endif
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_pie),yes)
  SKIP += 149_end_copy_reloc.test # PIE executables do not use copy relocations
@@ -183,6 +183,15 @@ GEN-ALWAYS =
 	./$(basename $@).exe \
     )
 
+# A linker symbol needed only by a DSO must be provided by the executable.
+151_dso_linker_symbol.test: NORUN = true
+151_dso_linker_symbol.test: T1 = ( \
+	$(TCC) -shared $(subst 151,151+,$1) -o 151_dso_linker_symbol$(DLLSUF) && \
+	$(TCC) $1 ./151_dso_linker_symbol$(DLLSUF) -Wl,-rpath=. \
+		-o $(basename $@).exe && \
+	./$(basename $@).exe \
+    )
+
 112_backtrace.test: FLAGS += -dt -b
 112_backtrace.test 113_btdll.test 126_bound_global.test: FILTER += \
     -e 's;[0-9A-Fa-fx]\{5,\};........;g' \