diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 16a5e3b2f4..ffea216c9b 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ EXPECT_NAMES=\
 BUILD?=.
 
 DYNAMIC_ONLY_NAMES=\
-	# dlfcn
+	dlfcn
 
 # Binaries that may generate varied output
 NAMES=\
diff --git a/tests/dlfcn.c b/tests/dlfcn.c
index 47e2f69bfa..bf1d7354d4 100644
--- a/tests/dlfcn.c
+++ b/tests/dlfcn.c
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ void test_dlopen_null()
         printf("dlopen(NULL) failed\n");
         exit(1);
     }
-    int (*f)(int, int) = dlsym(handle, "add");
+
+    int (*f)(int, int);
+    *(void **)(&f) = dlsym(handle, "add");
+
     if (!f) {
         printf("dlsym(handle, add) failed\n");
         exit(2);
@@ -33,7 +36,10 @@ void test_dlopen_libc()
         printf("dlopen(libc.so.6) failed\n");
         exit(1);
     }
-    int (*f)(const char*) = dlsym(handle, "puts");
+    
+    int (*f)(const char*);
+    *(void **)(&f) = dlsym(handle, "puts");
+
     if (!f) {
         printf("dlsym(handle, puts) failed\n");
         exit(2);
@@ -50,7 +56,10 @@ void test_dlsym_function()
         printf("dlopen(sharedlib.so) failed\n");
         exit(1);
     }
-    void (*f)() = dlsym(handle, "print");
+
+    void (*f)();
+    *(void **)(&f) = dlsym(handle, "print");
+
     if (!f) {
         printf("dlsym(handle, print) failed\n");
         exit(2);