diff --git a/lib/liblua/luaconf.h b/lib/liblua/luaconf.h
index 6226e8ab1e84..bc7f5bb6e141 100644
--- a/lib/liblua/luaconf.h
+++ b/lib/liblua/luaconf.h
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@
 /* Local modifications: need io.popen */
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 #define LUA_USE_POSIX
+#ifndef BOOTSTRAPPING
 #define LUA_USE_DLOPEN
 #endif
+#endif
 
 /*
 @@ LUA_C89_NUMBERS ensures that Lua uses the largest types available for
diff --git a/libexec/flua/Makefile b/libexec/flua/Makefile
index 3efb75044b09..c852bd4fe499 100644
--- a/libexec/flua/Makefile
+++ b/libexec/flua/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ CFLAGS+=	-DLUA_PROGNAME="\"${PROG}\""
 CFLAGS+=	-DLUA_USE_READLINE
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCTOP}/lib/libedit -I${SRCTOP}/contrib/libedit
 LIBADD+=	edit
+LDFLAGS+=	-Wl,-E
+.else
+# We don't support dynamic libs on bootstrap builds.
+CFLAGS+=	-DBOOTSTRAPPING
 .endif
 
 UCLSRC?=	${SRCTOP}/contrib/libucl
@@ -38,6 +42,4 @@ SRCS+=	lua_ucl.c
 CFLAGS+=	-I${UCLSRC}/include -I${UCLSRC}/src -I${UCLSRC}/uthash
 LIBADD+=	ucl
 
-LDFLAGS+=	-Wl,-E
-
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>