diff --git a/gmodule/gmodule-dl.c b/gmodule/gmodule-dl.c
index 6d1c5fab7..871d71b5d 100644
--- a/gmodule/gmodule-dl.c
+++ b/gmodule/gmodule-dl.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ _g_module_open (const gchar *file_name,
   
   lock_dlerror ();
   handle = dlopen (file_name,
-		   (bind_local ? 0 : RTLD_GLOBAL) | (bind_lazy ? RTLD_LAZY : RTLD_NOW));
+                   (bind_local ? RTLD_LOCAL : RTLD_GLOBAL) | (bind_lazy ? RTLD_LAZY : RTLD_NOW));
   if (!handle)
     {
       const gchar *message = fetch_dlerror (TRUE);
diff --git a/gmodule/tests/module-test.c b/gmodule/tests/module-test.c
index d00656c75..782e96fdc 100644
--- a/gmodule/tests/module-test.c
+++ b/gmodule/tests/module-test.c
@@ -233,6 +233,42 @@ test_module_invalid_libtool_archive (void)
   g_free (la_filename);
 }
 
+static void
+test_local_binding (void)
+{
+  gchar *plugin = NULL;
+  GModule *module_plugin = NULL, *module_self = NULL;
+  GError *error = NULL;
+
+  gboolean found_symbol = FALSE;
+  gpointer symbol = NULL;
+
+  g_test_summary ("Test that binding a library's symbols locally does not add them globally");
+
+#if defined(G_PLATFORM_WIN32)
+  g_test_skip ("G_MODULE_BIND_LOCAL is not supported on Windows.");
+  return;
+#endif
+
+  plugin = g_test_build_filename (G_TEST_BUILT, MODULE_FILENAME_PREFIX "moduletestplugin_a_" MODULE_TYPE, NULL);
+
+  module_plugin = g_module_open_full (plugin, G_MODULE_BIND_LOCAL, &error);
+  g_assert_no_error (error);
+  g_assert_nonnull (module_plugin);
+
+  module_self = g_module_open_full (NULL, 0, &error);
+  g_assert_no_error (error);
+  g_assert_nonnull (module_self);
+
+  found_symbol = g_module_symbol (module_self, "gplugin_say_boo_func", &symbol);
+  g_assert_false (found_symbol);
+  g_assert_null (symbol);
+
+  g_module_close (module_self);
+  g_module_close (module_plugin);
+  g_free (plugin);
+}
+
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -240,6 +276,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
   g_test_add_func ("/module/basics", test_module_basics);
   g_test_add_func ("/module/invalid-libtool-archive", test_module_invalid_libtool_archive);
+  g_test_add_func ("/module/local-binding", test_local_binding);
 
   return g_test_run ();
 }