diff --git a/gdb/symtab.c b/gdb/symtab.c
index 16a6b2e..a2c307f 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.c
+++ b/gdb/symtab.c
@@ -2589,6 +2589,10 @@ lookup_global_symbol (const char *name,
if (objfile != NULL)
result = solib_global_lookup (objfile, name, domain);
+ /* We still need to look on the global scope of current object file. */
+ if (result.symbol == NULL && objfile != NULL)
+ result = lookup_symbol_in_objfile (objfile, GLOBAL_BLOCK, name, domain);
+
/* If that didn't work go a global search (of global blocks, heh). */
if (result.symbol == NULL)
{
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-dlopen-lib1.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-dlopen-lib1.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09ec947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-dlopen-lib1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+ Copyright 2012-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see . */
+
+int this_version_id = 104;
+
+int
+get_version (void)
+{
+ static int test;
+ test = this_version_id;
+ return test;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-dlopen-lib2.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-dlopen-lib2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b097cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-dlopen-lib2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+ Copyright 2012-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see . */
+
+int this_version_id = 203;
+
+int
+get_version (void)
+{
+ static int test;
+ test = this_version_id;
+ return test;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-dlopen-main.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-dlopen-main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..954a64e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-dlopen-main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+ Copyright 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see . */
+
+#include
+#include
+#include
+
+int
+dummy (void)
+{
+ return 1;
+}
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+ int (*get_version1) (void);
+ int (*get_version2) (void);
+ int v1, v2;
+
+ void *lib1 = dlopen ("print-file-var-dlopen-lib1.so", RTLD_LAZY);
+ void *lib2 = dlopen ("print-file-var-dlopen-lib2.so", RTLD_LAZY);
+
+ if (lib1 == NULL || lib2 == NULL)
+ return 1;
+
+ *(int **) (&get_version1) = dlsym (lib1, "get_version");
+ *(int **) (&get_version2) = dlsym (lib2, "get_version");
+
+ if (get_version1 != NULL
+ && get_version2 != NULL)
+ {
+ v1 = get_version1();
+ v2 = get_version2();
+ }
+
+
+ if (v1 != 104 || v2 != 203)
+ return 1;
+
+ dummy (); /* STOP */
+
+ dlclose (lib1);
+ dlclose (lib2);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-dlopen.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-dlopen.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c3c0e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-dlopen.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# Copyright 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see . */
+
+if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
+ return 0
+}
+
+set executable print-file-var-dlopen-main
+
+set lib1 "print-file-var-dlopen-lib1"
+set lib2 "print-file-var-dlopen-lib2"
+set libsrc1 $srcdir/$subdir/${lib1}.c
+set libsrc2 $srcdir/$subdir/${lib2}.c
+set libobj1 [standard_output_file ${lib1}.so]
+set libobj2 [standard_output_file ${lib2}.so]
+set lib_dlopen1 [shlib_target_file ${libobj1}]
+set lib_dlopen2 [shlib_target_file ${libobj2}]
+
+set srcfile $srcdir/$subdir/$executable.c
+set binfile [standard_output_file $executable]
+set shlibdir [standard_output_file {}]
+
+set lib_opts debug
+set exec_opts [list debug shlib_load additional_flags=-DSHLIB_NAME=\"${lib_dlopen1}\" \
+additional_flags=-DSHLIB_NAME2=\"${lib_dlopen2}\"]
+
+if { [gdb_compile_shlib $libsrc1 $libobj1 $lib_opts] != ""
+ || [gdb_compile_shlib $libsrc2 $libobj2 $lib_opts] != ""
+ || [gdb_compile $srcfile $binfile executable $exec_opts] != ""} {
+ untested "failed to compile"
+ return -1
+}
+
+clean_restart $executable
+
+if ![runto_main] {
+ untested "could not run to main"
+ return -1
+}
+
+# Create to shared libraries having the symbol "this_version_id" defined in both
+# libraries global scope. Main program will dllopen one by one and evaluate the
+# symbol "this_version_id" via a function provided by the library assigning the value of
+# "this_version_id" to V1 and V2.
+# Using the scope to perform the evaluations should return the value
+# defined in the c file.
+
+# To avoid adding target-specific code in this testcase, the program
+# sets two local variable named 'v1' and 'v2' with the value of
+# our global variables. This allows us to compare the value that
+# GDB returns for each query against the actual value seen by
+# the program itself.
+
+# Get past the initialization of variables 'v1' and 'v2'.
+
+set bp_location \
+ [gdb_get_line_number "STOP" "${executable}.c"]
+gdb_test "break $executable.c:$bp_location" \
+ "Breakpoint \[0-9\]+ at 0x\[0-9a-fA-F\]+: .*" \
+ "breapoint past v1 & v2 initialization"
+
+gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "continue to the STOP"
+
+# Now check the value of this_version_id in both print-file-var-lib1.c
+# and print-file-var-lib2.c.
+
+gdb_test "print 'print-file-var-dlopen-lib1.c'::this_version_id == v1" \
+ " = 1"
+
+gdb_test "print 'print-file-var-dlopen-lib2.c'::this_version_id == v2" \
+ " = 1"
+
+gdb_test "print 'print-file-var-dlopen-lib2.c'::get_version::test == v2" \
+ " = 1"
+
+gdb_test "print 'print-file-var-dlopen-lib1.c'::get_version::test == v1" \
+ " = 1"
+
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var.exp
index 223a67d..ae5071a 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var.exp
@@ -88,5 +88,7 @@ gdb_test "continue" \
gdb_test "print 'print-file-var-lib1.c'::this_version_id == v1" \
" = 1"
-gdb_test "print 'print-file-var-lib2.c'::this_version_id == v2" \
+# Independent of the linker value seen in the second library should
+# be 203.
+gdb_test "print 'print-file-var-lib2.c'::this_version_id == 203" \
" = 1"