diff --git a/xpcom/glue/standalone/nsGlueLinkingDlopen.cpp b/xpcom/glue/standalone/nsGlueLinkingDlopen.cpp
--- a/xpcom/glue/standalone/nsGlueLinkingDlopen.cpp
+++ b/xpcom/glue/standalone/nsGlueLinkingDlopen.cpp
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@
         }
     }
 
+    static void* gthreadso = dlopen("libgthread-2.0.so.0", RTLD_GLOBAL | RTLD_LAZY);
+
     GetFrozenFunctionsFunc sym =
         (GetFrozenFunctionsFunc) dlsym(libHandle,
                                        LEADING_UNDERSCORE "NS_GetFrozenFunctions");