diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e9679e6..58a5c59 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 libweston_@LIBWESTON_MAJOR@_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) \
 	$(COMPOSITOR_CFLAGS) $(EGL_CFLAGS) $(LIBUNWIND_CFLAGS) $(LIBDRM_CFLAGS)
 libweston_@LIBWESTON_MAJOR@_la_LIBADD = $(COMPOSITOR_LIBS) $(LIBUNWIND_LIBS) \
-	$(DLOPEN_LIBS) -lm $(CLOCK_GETTIME_LIBS) \
+	$(DL_LIBS) -lm $(CLOCK_GETTIME_LIBS) \
 	$(LIBINPUT_BACKEND_LIBS) libshared.la
 libweston_@LIBWESTON_MAJOR@_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info $(LT_VERSION_INFO)
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 weston_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(COMPOSITOR_CFLAGS) $(LIBUNWIND_CFLAGS)
 weston_LDADD = libshared.la libweston-@LIBWESTON_MAJOR@.la \
 	$(COMPOSITOR_LIBS) $(LIBUNWIND_LIBS) \
-	$(DLOPEN_LIBS) $(LIBINPUT_BACKEND_LIBS) \
+	$(DL_LIBS) $(LIBINPUT_BACKEND_LIBS) \
 	$(CLOCK_GETRES_LIBS) \
 	-lm
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f7ec2c9..1aca3d4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG()
 
-WESTON_SEARCH_LIBS([DLOPEN], [dl], [dlopen])
+# Check for dlsym instead of dlopen because ASAN hijacks the latter
+WESTON_SEARCH_LIBS([DL], [dl], [dlsym])
 
 # In old glibc versions (< 2.17) clock_gettime() and clock_getres() are in librt
 WESTON_SEARCH_LIBS([CLOCK_GETTIME], [rt], [clock_gettime])