diff --git a/legacy/evas/configure.in b/legacy/evas/configure.in
index ecfcc16e9b..96ebf43a30 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/evas/configure.in
@@ -124,6 +124,21 @@ AC_PATH_GENERIC(freetype, 9.5.0,
   [ AC_MSG_ERROR(Freetype isn't installed) ]
 )
 
+dlopen_libs=""
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(dlopen, res=yes, res=no)
+if test "x$res" = "xyes"; then
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS(dladdr, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DLADDR))
+else
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen, res=yes, res=no)
+  if test "x$res" = "xyes"; then
+    AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dladdr, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DLADDR))
+    dlopen_libs=-ldl
+  else
+    AC_MSG_ERROR(Cannot find dlopen)
+  fi
+fi
+AC_SUBST(dlopen_libs)
+
 #####################################################################
 ## Engines
 
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/Makefile.am b/legacy/evas/src/lib/Makefile.am
index fad06dc2db..8b605da1e9 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ libevas_la_LIBADD       = \
 			  imaging/libevas_imaging.la \
 			  engines/common/libevas_engine_common.la \
 			  -lm \
-			  -ldl \
+			  @dlopen_libs@ \
 			  @FREETYPE_LIBS@ \
 			  @png_libs@ @jpeg_libs@ @eet_libs@ @edb_libs@ 
 
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/file/evas_module.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/file/evas_module.c
index 791cab8c7f..2ad2d5c37d 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/file/evas_module.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/file/evas_module.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ evas_module_paths_init(void)
    char *path;
    int i;
    Evas_List *paths = NULL;
-   Dl_info evas_dl;
    
    /* 1. ~/.evas/modules/ */
    prefix = getenv("HOME");
@@ -65,23 +64,36 @@ evas_module_paths_init(void)
      paths = evas_list_append(paths,path);
    else
      free(path);
-   
+
 #ifdef HAVE_DLADDR
-   if (dladdr(evas_module_paths_init, &evas_dl))
      {
-	int length;
-	
-	length = strlen(rindex(evas_dl.dli_fname, '/'));
-	path = malloc(strlen(evas_dl.dli_fname) - length + strlen("/evas/modules") + 1);
-	strncpy(path, evas_dl.dli_fname, strlen(evas_dl.dli_fname) - length);
-	strcat(path, "/evas/modules");
-	if (evas_file_path_exists(path))
-	  paths = evas_list_append(paths, path);
-	else
-	  free(path);
+	Dl_info evas_dl;
+	/* 3. libevas.so/../evas/modules/ */
+	if (dladdr(evas_module_paths_init, &evas_dl))
+	  {
+	     int length;
+	     
+	     if (strrchr(evas_dl.dli_fname, '/'))
+	       {
+		  length = strlen(strrchr(evas_dl.dli_fname, '/'));
+		  path = malloc(strlen(evas_dl.dli_fname) - length + 
+				strlen("/evas/modules") + 1);
+		  if (path)
+		    {
+		       strncpy(path, evas_dl.dli_fname, 
+			       strlen(evas_dl.dli_fname) - length);
+		       path[strlen(evas_dl.dli_fname) - length] = 0;
+		       strcat(path, "/evas/modules");
+		       if (evas_file_path_exists(path))
+			 paths = evas_list_append(paths, path);
+		       else
+			 free(path);
+		    }
+	       }
+	  }
      }
 #else
-   /* 2. PREFIX/evas/modules/ */
+   /* 3. PREFIX/evas/modules/ */
    prefix = PACKAGE_LIB_DIR; 
    path = malloc(strlen(prefix) + 1 + strlen("/evas/modules"));
    strcpy(path, prefix);