diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 50f68d10..c39903dc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -246,6 +246,12 @@ conf.set(
     ),
     description: 'Is ioctl the glibc interface (rather than POSIX)'
 )
+dl_dep = dependency('dl', required: false)
+conf.set(
+    'HAVE_LIBC_DLSYM',
+    cc.has_function('dlsym', dependencies: dl_dep),
+    description: 'Is dlsym function present',
+)
 
 if cc.has_function_attribute('fallthrough')
   conf.set('fallthrough', '__attribute__((__fallthrough__))')
diff --git a/test/ioctl/meson.build b/test/ioctl/meson.build
index bbee047d..fe666fa1 100644
--- a/test/ioctl/meson.build
+++ b/test/ioctl/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mock_ioctl = library(
     'mock-ioctl',
     ['mock.c', 'util.c'],
+    dependencies: [dl_dep]
 )
 
 # Add mock-ioctl to the LD_PRELOAD path so it overrides libc.
diff --git a/test/ioctl/mock.c b/test/ioctl/mock.c
index 14f6e71b..c34c4ce7 100644
--- a/test/ioctl/mock.c
+++ b/test/ioctl/mock.c
@@ -151,9 +151,13 @@ int ioctl(int fd, int request, ...)
 		result64 = true;
 		break;
 	default:
+#if HAVE_LIBC_LDSYM
 		real_ioctl = dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "ioctl");
 		if (!real_ioctl)
 			fail("Error: dlsym failed to find original ioctl\n");
+#else
+		fail("Error: unhandled ioctl\n");
+#endif
 	}
 
 	va_start(args, request);