diff --git a/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/ExternalFunctions.cpp b/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/ExternalFunctions.cpp
index 7b061d3ac34..9b3f25dc926 100644
--- a/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/ExternalFunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/ExternalFunctions.cpp
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ GenericValue Interpreter::callExternalFunction(Function *F,
   if (RF == RawFunctions->end()) {
     RawFn = (RawFunc)(intptr_t)
       sys::DynamicLibrary::SearchForAddressOfSymbol(F->getName());
+    RawFn = (RawFunc)(intptr_t)getPointerToGlobalIfAvailable(F);
     if (RawFn != 0)
       RawFunctions->insert(std::make_pair(F, RawFn));  // Cache for later
   } else {