diff --git a/usr.sbin/nscd/Makefile b/usr.sbin/nscd/Makefile
--- a/usr.sbin/nscd/Makefile
+++ b/usr.sbin/nscd/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 CFLAGS+= -DCONFIG_PATH="\"${PREFIX}/etc/nscd.conf\""
 
 LIBADD=	util pthread
+# This is needed to have the _nss_cache_cycle_prevention_symbol
+# visible to dlsym() so the caching code can skip cache lookups in the
+# caching daemon.  DO NOT REMOVE
+LDFLAGS= -Wl,-export-dynamic
 
 .PATH: ${.CURDIR}/agents
 .include "${.CURDIR}/agents/Makefile.inc"