diff --git a/config/ChangeLog b/config/ChangeLog
index 746a0a01ba0..18f65078c42 100644
--- a/config/ChangeLog
+++ b/config/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-04-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	PR gas/22318
+	* plugins.m4 (AC_PLUGINS): Use dlsym to check if libdl is needed.
+
 2018-02-14  Igor Tsimbalist  <igor.v.tsimbalist@intel.com>
 
 	PR target/84148
diff --git a/config/plugins.m4 b/config/plugins.m4
index 513c690e1b5..c6acebc1ca4 100644
--- a/config/plugins.m4
+++ b/config/plugins.m4
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_PLUGINS],
     [plugins=$maybe_plugins]
   )
   if test "$plugins" = "yes"; then
-    AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dlopen], [dl])
+    AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dlsym], [dl])
   fi
 ])