diff --git a/src/unix/dl.c b/src/unix/dl.c
index 9eb66001..01796e3b 100644
--- a/src/unix/dl.c
+++ b/src/unix/dl.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static int uv__dlerror(uv_lib_t* lib);
 
 
 int uv_dlopen(const char* filename, uv_lib_t* lib) {
+  dlerror(); /* Reset error status. */
   lib->errmsg = NULL;
   lib->handle = dlopen(filename, RTLD_LAZY);
   return uv__dlerror(lib);