diff --git a/src/os/bsd/vm/os_bsd.cpp b/src/os/bsd/vm/os_bsd.cpp
index 1bea78444a8eb56614149ae3f4e1692e7d4332c7..47e5d16efdc820b6ccd2d54fe7acfee044132b85 100644
--- a/src/os/bsd/vm/os_bsd.cpp
+++ b/src/os/bsd/vm/os_bsd.cpp
@@ -1557,6 +1557,17 @@ void * os::dll_load(const char *filename, char *ebuf, int ebuflen)
 }
 #endif /* !__APPLE__ */
 
+void* os::get_default_process_handle() {
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+  // MacOS X needs to use RTLD_FIRST instead of RTLD_LAZY
+  // to avoid finding unexpected symbols on second (or later)
+  // loads of a library.
+  return (void*)::dlopen(NULL, RTLD_FIRST);
+#else
+  return (void*)::dlopen(NULL, RTLD_LAZY);
+#endif
+}
+
 // XXX: Do we need a lock around this as per Linux?
 void* os::dll_lookup(void* handle, const char* name) {
   return dlsym(handle, name);
diff --git a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
index 1bb32901540d3be0c511dc297e3d664144da9158..54149e1825331655c701a4dd98445c881b25e0af 100644
--- a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
+++ b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
@@ -2104,6 +2104,9 @@ void* os::dll_lookup(void* handle, const char* name) {
   return res;
 }
 
+void* os::get_default_process_handle() {
+  return (void*)::dlopen(NULL, RTLD_LAZY);
+}
 
 static bool _print_ascii_file(const char* filename, outputStream* st) {
   int fd = ::open(filename, O_RDONLY);
diff --git a/src/os/posix/vm/os_posix.cpp b/src/os/posix/vm/os_posix.cpp
index 6aae96e9b8989ee6d10507dfcd3d51d59aa7a90c..633331728935616a5c46599bafbe64d329c066f4 100644
--- a/src/os/posix/vm/os_posix.cpp
+++ b/src/os/posix/vm/os_posix.cpp
@@ -262,10 +262,6 @@ FILE* os::open(int fd, const char* mode) {
   return ::fdopen(fd, mode);
 }
 
-void* os::get_default_process_handle() {
-  return (void*)::dlopen(NULL, RTLD_LAZY);
-}
-
 // Builds a platform dependent Agent_OnLoad_<lib_name> function name
 // which is used to find statically linked in agents.
 // Parameters:
diff --git a/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp b/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp
index 8e5984ffa3d93d609f20b2e8a13c24a535da39a9..a4d0178c8874c7e34ede94b1c63ad55292319ab3 100644
--- a/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp
+++ b/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp
@@ -2146,6 +2146,10 @@ void* os::dll_lookup(void* handle, const char* name) {
   return dlsym(handle, name);
 }
 
+void* os::get_default_process_handle() {
+  return (void*)::dlopen(NULL, RTLD_LAZY);
+}
+
 int os::stat(const char *path, struct stat *sbuf) {
   char pathbuf[MAX_PATH];
   if (strlen(path) > MAX_PATH - 1) {