diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/amd64/reloc.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/amd64/reloc.c
index 5f40847..6abc0d3 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/amd64/reloc.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/amd64/reloc.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ do_copy_relocations(Obj_Entry *dstobj)
 	    size = dstsym->st_size;
 	    symlook_init(&req, name);
 	    req.ventry = fetch_ventry(dstobj, ELF_R_SYM(rela->r_info));
+	    req.flags = SYMLOOK_EARLY;
 
 	    for (srcobj = dstobj->next;  srcobj != NULL;  srcobj = srcobj->next) {
 		res = symlook_obj(&req, srcobj);
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/i386/reloc.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/i386/reloc.c
index a2c8c98..ebd56c9 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/i386/reloc.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/i386/reloc.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ do_copy_relocations(Obj_Entry *dstobj)
 	    size = dstsym->st_size;
 	    symlook_init(&req, name);
 	    req.ventry = fetch_ventry(dstobj, ELF_R_SYM(rel->r_info));
+	    req.flags = SYMLOOK_EARLY;
 
 	    for (srcobj = dstobj->next;  srcobj != NULL;  srcobj = srcobj->next) {
 		res = symlook_obj(&req, srcobj);
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
index 3432232..c8f3baf 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
@@ -1605,6 +1605,7 @@ initlist_add_neededs(Needed_Entry *needed, Objlist *list)
 static void
 initlist_add_objects(Obj_Entry *obj, Obj_Entry **tail, Objlist *list)
 {
+
     if (obj->init_scanned || obj->init_done)
 	return;
     obj->init_scanned = true;
@@ -1616,6 +1617,10 @@ initlist_add_objects(Obj_Entry *obj, Obj_Entry **tail, Objlist *list)
     /* Recursively process the needed objects. */
     if (obj->needed != NULL)
 	initlist_add_neededs(obj->needed, list);
+    if (obj->needed_filtees != NULL)
+	initlist_add_neededs(obj->needed_filtees, list);
+    if (obj->needed_aux_filtees != NULL)
+	initlist_add_neededs(obj->needed_aux_filtees, list);
 
     /* Add the object to the init list. */
     if (obj->preinit_array != (Elf_Addr)NULL || obj->init != (Elf_Addr)NULL ||
@@ -2515,7 +2520,8 @@ dlopen_object(const char *name, int fd, Obj_Entry *refobj, int lo_flags,
 	    objlist_push_tail(&list_global, obj);
 	if (*old_obj_tail != NULL) {		/* We loaded something new. */
 	    assert(*old_obj_tail == obj);
-	    result = load_needed_objects(obj, lo_flags & RTLD_LO_DLOPEN);
+	    result = load_needed_objects(obj,
+		lo_flags & (RTLD_LO_DLOPEN | RTLD_LO_EARLY));
 	    init_dag(obj);
 	    ref_dag(obj);
 	    if (result != -1)
@@ -2526,6 +2532,8 @@ dlopen_object(const char *name, int fd, Obj_Entry *refobj, int lo_flags,
 	      == RTLD_NOW, &obj_rtld, &lockstate)) == -1) {
 		dlopen_cleanup(obj);
 		obj = NULL;
+	    } else if (lo_flags & RTLD_LO_EARLY) {
+		    /* XXX */
 	    } else {
 		/* Make list of init functions to call. */
 		initlist_add_objects(obj, &obj->next, &initlist);
@@ -2566,8 +2574,10 @@ dlopen_object(const char *name, int fd, Obj_Entry *refobj, int lo_flags,
 	return (NULL);
     }
 
-    /* Call the init functions. */
-    objlist_call_init(&initlist, &lockstate);
+    if (!(lo_flags & RTLD_LO_EARLY)) {
+	/* Call the init functions. */
+	objlist_call_init(&initlist, &lockstate);
+    }
     objlist_clear(&initlist);
     lock_release(rtld_bind_lock, &lockstate);
     return obj;
@@ -3354,12 +3364,13 @@ symlook_obj(SymLook *req, const Obj_Entry *obj)
 {
     DoneList donelist;
     SymLook req1;
-    int res, mres;
+    int flags, res, mres;
 
     mres = symlook_obj1(req, obj);
     if (mres == 0) {
 	if (obj->needed_filtees != NULL) {
-	    load_filtees(__DECONST(Obj_Entry *, obj), 0, req->lockstate);
+	    flags = (req->flags & SYMLOOK_EARLY) ? RTLD_LO_EARLY : 0;
+	    load_filtees(__DECONST(Obj_Entry *, obj), flags, req->lockstate);
 	    donelist_init(&donelist);
 	    symlook_init_from_req(&req1, req);
 	    res = symlook_needed(&req1, obj->needed_filtees, &donelist);
@@ -3370,7 +3381,8 @@ symlook_obj(SymLook *req, const Obj_Entry *obj)
 	    return (res);
 	}
 	if (obj->needed_aux_filtees != NULL) {
-	    load_filtees(__DECONST(Obj_Entry *, obj), 0, req->lockstate);
+	    flags = (req->flags & SYMLOOK_EARLY) ? RTLD_LO_EARLY : 0;
+	    load_filtees(__DECONST(Obj_Entry *, obj), flags, req->lockstate);
 	    donelist_init(&donelist);
 	    symlook_init_from_req(&req1, req);
 	    res = symlook_needed(&req1, obj->needed_aux_filtees, &donelist);
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
index 9dfa0a2..0ceebab 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ typedef struct Struct_Obj_Entry {
 #define SYMLOOK_IN_PLT	0x01	/* Lookup for PLT symbol */
 #define SYMLOOK_DLSYM	0x02	/* Return newest versioned symbol. Used by
 				   dlsym. */
+#define	SYMLOOK_EARLY	0x04	/* Symlook is done during initialization. */
 
 /* Flags for load_object(). */
 #define	RTLD_LO_NOLOAD	0x01	/* dlopen() specified RTLD_NOLOAD. */
@@ -274,6 +275,8 @@ typedef struct Struct_Obj_Entry {
 #define	RTLD_LO_TRACE	0x04	/* Only tracing. */
 #define	RTLD_LO_NODELETE 0x08	/* Loaded object cannot be closed. */
 #define	RTLD_LO_FILTEES 0x10	/* Loading filtee. */
+#define	RTLD_LO_EARLY	0x20	/* Do not call ctors, postpone it to the
+				   initialization during the image start. */
 
 /*
  * Symbol cache entry used during relocation to avoid multiple lookups