diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index aaf44c8..2b817f4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ pkglib_qdiscdir = $(pkglibdir)/cli/qdisc
 pkglib_cls_LTLIBRARIES = $(lib_cli_ltlibraries_cls)
 pkglib_qdisc_LTLIBRARIES = $(lib_cli_ltlibraries_qdisc)
 else
-noinst_LTLIBRARIES += \
+check_LTLIBRARIES += \
 	$(lib_cli_ltlibraries_cls) \
 	$(lib_cli_ltlibraries_qdisc)
 endif
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e7402fd..387a53b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_CLI], [test "$enable_cli" != "no"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_CLI_INSTALL_BIN], [test "$enable_cli" = "bin"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_CLI_INSTALL_SBIN], [test "$enable_cli" = "sbin"])
 
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(dlfcn.h, [], [])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([pthreads],
 	AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-pthreads], [Disable pthreads support]),
 	[enable_pthreads="$enableval"], [enable_pthreads="yes"])
diff --git a/include/netlink/cli/utils.h b/include/netlink/cli/utils.h
index 4c28343..a76fce2 100644
--- a/include/netlink/cli/utils.h
+++ b/include/netlink/cli/utils.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
-#include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.c b/src/lib/utils.c
index feb1d4e..6e288b6 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.c
+++ b/src/lib/utils.c
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 #include <netlink/cli/utils.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 
+#include "lib/defs.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_DLFCN_H
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#endif
+
 /**
  * Parse a text based 32 bit unsigned integer argument
  * @arg arg		Integer in text form.
@@ -220,14 +226,23 @@ struct nl_cache *nl_cli_alloc_cache_flags(struct nl_sock *sock,
 void nl_cli_load_module(const char *prefix, const char *name)
 {
 	char path[FILENAME_MAX+1];
-	void *handle;
 
 	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s/%s.so",
 		 PKGLIBDIR, prefix, name);
 
-	if (!(handle = dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW)))
-		nl_cli_fatal(ENOENT, "Unable to load module \"%s\": %s\n",
-			path, dlerror());
+#ifdef HAVE_DLFCN_H
+	{
+		void *handle;
+
+		if (!(handle = dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW))) {
+			nl_cli_fatal(ENOENT, "Unable to load module \"%s\": %s\n",
+			             path, dlerror());
+		}
+	}
+#else
+	nl_cli_fatal(ENOTSUP, "Unable to load module \"%s\": built without dynamic libraries support\n",
+	             path);
+#endif
 }
 
 /** @} */