diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@
     bool ver_checked : 1;	/* True if processed by rtld_verify_object_versions */
     bool textrel : 1;		/* True if there are relocations to text seg */
     bool symbolic : 1;		/* True if generated with "-Bsymbolic" */
+    bool deepbind : 1;		/* True if loaded with RTLD_DEEPBIND" */
     bool bind_now : 1;		/* True if all relocations should be made first */
     bool traced : 1;		/* Already printed in ldd trace output */
     bool jmpslots_done : 1;	/* Already have relocated the jump slots */
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
@@ -3755,7 +3755,7 @@
 	if (!obj->init_done) {
 	    /* We loaded something new and have to init something. */
 	    if ((lo_flags & RTLD_LO_DEEPBIND) != 0)
-		obj->symbolic = true;
+		obj->deepbind = true;
 	    result = 0;
 	    if ((lo_flags & (RTLD_LO_EARLY | RTLD_LO_IGNSTLS)) == 0 &&
 	      obj->static_tls && !allocate_tls_offset(obj)) {
@@ -4581,7 +4581,8 @@
     if (refobj->symbolic || req->defobj_out != NULL)
 	donelist_check(&donelist, refobj);
 
-    symlook_global(req, &donelist);
+    if (!refobj->deepbind)
+        symlook_global(req, &donelist);
 
     /* Search all dlopened DAGs containing the referencing object. */
     STAILQ_FOREACH(elm, &refobj->dldags, link) {
@@ -4597,6 +4598,9 @@
 	}
     }
 
+    if (refobj->deepbind)
+        symlook_global(req, &donelist);
+
     /*
      * Search the dynamic linker itself, and possibly resolve the
      * symbol from there.  This is how the application links to