diff --git a/tests/dlfcn_test.cpp b/tests/dlfcn_test.cpp
index 3b3c0f6..434e38f 100644
--- a/tests/dlfcn_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/dlfcn_test.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@
   ASSERT_EQ(0, dlclose(self));
 }
 
+TEST(dlfcn, dlopen_noload) {
+  void* handle = dlopen("libtest_simple.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_NOLOAD);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(handle == NULL);
+  handle = dlopen("libtest_simple.so", RTLD_NOW);
+  void* handle2 = dlopen("libtest_simple.so", RTLD_NOW | RTLD_NOLOAD);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(handle != NULL);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(handle2 != NULL);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(handle == handle2);
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, dlclose(handle));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, dlclose(handle2));
+}
+
 TEST(dlfcn, dlopen_failure) {
   void* self = dlopen("/does/not/exist", RTLD_NOW);
   ASSERT_TRUE(self == NULL);