diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4e1eb1a089..590e19799a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+4364.	[port]		freebsd: add -Wl,-E to loader flags [RT #41690]
+
 4363.	[port]		Turn off triggering UAC when running BINDInstall
 			temporarily.
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d43e3ded59..0a3a700b61 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -21701,8 +21701,8 @@ if test "$dlopen" = "yes"; then
 			fi
 			;;
 		*-freebsd*|*-openbsd*)
+			LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-E"
 			SO_CFLAGS="-fpic"
-			elf=`${CC} -dM -E - < /dev/null | grep __ELF__`
 			if test "$use_libtool" = "yes"; then
 				SO_LDFLAGS="-Xcompiler -shared"
 				SO_LD="${CC}"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f5d1c042b0..b85b636413 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4640,8 +4640,8 @@ if test "$dlopen" = "yes"; then
 			fi
 			;;
 		*-freebsd*|*-openbsd*)
+			LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-E"
 			SO_CFLAGS="-fpic"
-			elf=`${CC} -dM -E - < /dev/null | grep __ELF__`
 			if test "$use_libtool" = "yes"; then
 				SO_LDFLAGS="-Xcompiler -shared"
 				SO_LD="${CC}"