diff --git a/src/bin/e_module.c b/src/bin/e_module.c
index 4cda9e0a8..e0ee00f5a 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_module.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_module.c
@@ -392,7 +392,11 @@ e_module_new(const char *name)
         m->error = 1;
         goto init_done;
      }
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
+   m->handle = dlopen(modpath, (RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL));
+#else
    m->handle = dlopen(modpath, (RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL));
+#endif
    if (!m->handle)
      {
         snprintf(body, sizeof(body),
diff --git a/src/modules/wizard/e_mod_main.c b/src/modules/wizard/e_mod_main.c
index 69b997a5e..32f491f83 100644
--- a/src/modules/wizard/e_mod_main.c
+++ b/src/modules/wizard/e_mod_main.c
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ e_modapi_init(E_Module *m)
              else
                snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%s/%s",
                         e_module_dir_get(m), MODULE_ARCH, file);
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
+             handle = dlopen(buf, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+#else
              handle = dlopen(buf, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_LOCAL);
+#endif
              if (handle)
                e_wizard_page_add(handle, file,
                                  dlsym(handle, "wizard_page_init"),