diff --git a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11gl.c b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11gl.c
index 13cba90f..f98add0d 100644
--- a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11gl.c
+++ b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11gl.c
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ int X11_GL_LoadLibrary(_THIS, const char* path)
 #endif
 	handle = dlopen(path, dlopen_flags);
 	/* Catch the case where the application isn't linked with GL */
+#if defined __OpenBSD__ && !defined __ELF__
+#define dlsym(x,y) dlsym(x, "_" y)
+#endif
 	if ( (dlsym(handle, "glXChooseVisual") == NULL) && (path == NULL) ) {
 		dlclose(handle);
 		path = getenv("SDL_VIDEO_GL_DRIVER");