diff --git a/dlfcn/dlerror.c b/dlfcn/dlerror.c
index 48b4c25bea..947b7c10c6 100644
--- a/dlfcn/dlerror.c
+++ b/dlfcn/dlerror.c
@@ -167,8 +167,10 @@ _dlerror_run (void (*operate) (void *), void *args)
       result->errstring = NULL;
     }
 
-  result->errcode = _dl_catch_error (&result->objname, &result->errstring,
-				     &result->malloced, operate, args);
+  result->errcode = GLRO (dl_catch_error) (&result->objname,
+					   &result->errstring,
+					   &result->malloced,
+					   operate, args);
 
   /* If no error we mark that no error string is available.  */
   result->returned = result->errstring == NULL;
diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index 936d4cf276..deb76aed99 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ tests += restest1 preloadtest loadfail multiload origtest resolvfail \
 	 tst-audit14 tst-audit15 tst-audit16 \
 	 tst-single_threaded tst-single_threaded-pthread \
 	 tst-tls-ie tst-tls-ie-dlmopen argv0test \
-	 tst-glibc-hwcaps tst-glibc-hwcaps-prepend tst-glibc-hwcaps-mask
+	 tst-glibc-hwcaps tst-glibc-hwcaps-prepend tst-glibc-hwcaps-mask \
+	 tst-dlmopen-dlerror
 #	 reldep9
 tests-internal += loadtest unload unload2 circleload1 \
 	 neededtest neededtest2 neededtest3 neededtest4 \
@@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ modules-names = testobj1 testobj2 testobj3 testobj4 testobj5 testobj6 \
 		libmarkermod2-1 libmarkermod2-2 \
 		libmarkermod3-1 libmarkermod3-2 libmarkermod3-3 \
 		libmarkermod4-1 libmarkermod4-2 libmarkermod4-3 libmarkermod4-4 \
+		tst-ldconfig-ld-mod tst-dlmopen-dlerror-mod \
 
 # Most modules build with _ISOMAC defined, but those filtered out
 # depend on internal headers.
@@ -1580,6 +1582,10 @@ $(objpfx)tst-sonamemove-dlopen.out: \
   $(objpfx)tst-sonamemove-runmod1.so \
   $(objpfx)tst-sonamemove-runmod2.so
 
+$(objpfx)tst-dlmopen-dlerror: $(libdl)
+$(objpfx)tst-dlmopen-dlerror-mod.so: $(libdl) $(libsupport)
+$(objpfx)tst-dlmopen-dlerror.out: $(objpfx)tst-dlmopen-dlerror-mod.so
+
 # Override -z defs, so that we can reference an undefined symbol.
 # Force lazy binding for the same reason.
 LDFLAGS-tst-latepthreadmod.so = \
diff --git a/elf/dl-error-skeleton.c b/elf/dl-error-skeleton.c
index 2fd62777cf..b699936c6e 100644
--- a/elf/dl-error-skeleton.c
+++ b/elf/dl-error-skeleton.c
@@ -248,4 +248,16 @@ _dl_receive_error (receiver_fct fct, void (*operate) (void *), void *args)
   catch_hook = old_catch;
   receiver = old_receiver;
 }
+
+/* Forwarder used for initializing GLRO (_dl_catch_error).  */
+int
+_rtld_catch_error (const char **objname, const char **errstring,
+		   bool *mallocedp, void (*operate) (void *),
+		   void *args)
+{
+  /* The reference to _dl_catch_error will eventually be relocated to
+     point to the implementation in libc.so.  */
+  return _dl_catch_error (objname, errstring, mallocedp, operate, args);
+}
+
 #endif /* DL_ERROR_BOOTSTRAP */
diff --git a/elf/rtld.c b/elf/rtld.c
index 94a00e2049..fd02438936 100644
--- a/elf/rtld.c
+++ b/elf/rtld.c
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ struct rtld_global_ro _rtld_global_ro attribute_relro =
     ._dl_lookup_symbol_x = _dl_lookup_symbol_x,
     ._dl_open = _dl_open,
     ._dl_close = _dl_close,
+    ._dl_catch_error = _rtld_catch_error,
     ._dl_tls_get_addr_soft = _dl_tls_get_addr_soft,
 #ifdef HAVE_DL_DISCOVER_OSVERSION
     ._dl_discover_osversion = _dl_discover_osversion
diff --git a/elf/tst-dlmopen-dlerror-mod.c b/elf/tst-dlmopen-dlerror-mod.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dcb94320b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-dlmopen-dlerror-mod.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* Check that dlfcn errors are reported properly after dlmopen.  Test module.
+   Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+
+/* Note: This object is not linked into the main program, so we cannot
+   use delayed test failure reporting via TEST_VERIFY etc., and have
+   to use FAIL_EXIT1 (or something else that calls exit).  */
+
+void
+call_dlsym (void)
+{
+  void *ptr = dlsym (NULL, "does not exist");
+  if (ptr != NULL)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("dlsym did not fail as expected");
+}
+
+void
+call_dlopen (void)
+{
+  void *handle = dlopen ("tst-dlmopen-dlerror does not exist", RTLD_NOW);
+  if (handle != NULL)
+    FAIL_EXIT1 ("dlopen did not fail as expected");
+}
diff --git a/elf/tst-dlmopen-dlerror.c b/elf/tst-dlmopen-dlerror.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65638f7f38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-dlmopen-dlerror.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* Check that dlfcn errors are reported properly after dlmopen.
+   Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <support/xdlfcn.h>
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  void *handle = xdlmopen (LM_ID_NEWLM, "tst-dlmopen-dlerror-mod.so",
+                           RTLD_NOW);
+  void (*call_dlsym) (void) = xdlsym (handle, "call_dlsym");
+  void (*call_dlopen) (void) = xdlsym (handle, "call_dlopen");
+
+  call_dlsym ();
+  call_dlopen ();
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h b/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h
index ea3f7a69d0..b207f229c3 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h
@@ -662,6 +662,12 @@ struct rtld_global_ro
   void *(*_dl_open) (const char *file, int mode, const void *caller_dlopen,
 		     Lmid_t nsid, int argc, char *argv[], char *env[]);
   void (*_dl_close) (void *map);
+  /* libdl in a secondary namespace (after dlopen) must use
+     _dl_catch_error from the main namespace, so it has to be
+     exported in some way.  */
+  int (*_dl_catch_error) (const char **objname, const char **errstring,
+			  bool *mallocedp, void (*operate) (void *),
+			  void *args);
   void *(*_dl_tls_get_addr_soft) (struct link_map *);
 #ifdef HAVE_DL_DISCOVER_OSVERSION
   int (*_dl_discover_osversion) (void);
@@ -900,6 +906,9 @@ extern int _dl_catch_error (const char **objname, const char **errstring,
 			    void *args);
 libc_hidden_proto (_dl_catch_error)
 
+/* Used for initializing GLRO (_dl_catch_error).  */
+extern __typeof__ (_dl_catch_error) _rtld_catch_error attribute_hidden;
+
 /* Call OPERATE (ARGS).  If no error occurs, set *EXCEPTION to zero.
    Otherwise, store a copy of the raised exception in *EXCEPTION,
    which has to be freed by _dl_exception_free.  As a special case, if
