--- src/loadlib.c.orig	2010-02-09 16:58:47.000000000 -0600

+++ src/loadlib.c	2010-02-09 16:59:12.000000000 -0600

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@

 static void *ll_load (lua_State *L, const char *path) {

-  void *lib = dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW);

+  void *lib = dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW|RTLD_GLOBAL);

   if (lib == NULL) lua_pushstring(L, dlerror());

   return lib;

 }