diff --git a/compat/dlopen.c b/compat/dlopen.c
index f5f62feb3..fe73c01d2 100644
--- a/compat/dlopen.c
+++ b/compat/dlopen.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 void *
 sudo_dlopen(const char *path, int mode)
 {
-    int flags = DYNAMIC_PATH;
+    int flags = DYNAMIC_PATH | BIND_VERBOSE;
 
     if (mode == 0)
 	mode = RTLD_LAZY;	/* default behavior */