diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
index 320aa854c8b3..bffae60d573c 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
@@ -1571,9 +1571,10 @@ do_load_object(int fd, const char *name, char *path, struct stat *sbp,
     object_add_name(obj, name);
     obj->path = path;
     digest_dynamic(obj, 0);
-    if (obj->z_noopen && (flags & RTLD_LO_DLOPEN)) {
+    if (obj->z_noopen && (flags & (RTLD_LO_DLOPEN | RTLD_LO_TRACE)) ==
+      RTLD_LO_DLOPEN) {
 	dbg("refusing to load non-loadable \"%s\"", obj->path);
-	_rtld_error("Cannot dlopen non-loadable %s\n", obj->path);
+	_rtld_error("Cannot dlopen non-loadable %s", obj->path);
 	munmap(obj->mapbase, obj->mapsize);
 	obj_free(obj);
 	return (NULL);
@@ -2006,6 +2007,8 @@ dlopen(const char *name, int mode)
     lo_flags = RTLD_LO_DLOPEN;
     if (mode & RTLD_NOLOAD)
 	    lo_flags |= RTLD_LO_NOLOAD;
+    if (ld_tracing != NULL)
+	    lo_flags |= RTLD_LO_TRACE;
 
     objlist_init(&initlist);
 
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
index 6f51d7db7820..875e84bc7e63 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
@@ -242,8 +242,9 @@ typedef struct Struct_Obj_Entry {
 				   dlsym. */
 
 /* Flags for load_object(). */
-#define	RTLD_LO_NOLOAD	0x01	/* dlopen() specified RTLD_NOLOAD */
-#define	RTLD_LO_DLOPEN	0x02	/* load_object() called from dlopen(). */
+#define	RTLD_LO_NOLOAD	0x01	/* dlopen() specified RTLD_NOLOAD. */
+#define	RTLD_LO_DLOPEN	0x02	/* Load_object() called from dlopen(). */
+#define	RTLD_LO_TRACE	0x04	/* Only tracing. */
 
 /*
  * Symbol cache entry used during relocation to avoid multiple lookups