1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle.rb b/ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle.rb
index 7d55a1f7ad..1c68b7b0ec 100644
--- a/ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle.rb
+++ b/ext/fiddle/lib/fiddle.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 require 'fiddle.so'
 require 'fiddle/function'
 require 'fiddle/closure'
-require 'dl' unless Object.const_defined?(:DL)
 
 module Fiddle
-
-  # A reference to DL::CPtr
-  Pointer = DL::CPtr
-
   if WINDOWS
     # Returns the last win32 +Error+ of the current executing +Thread+ or nil
     # if none
@@ -31,4 +26,15 @@ module Fiddle
     Thread.current[:__DL2_LAST_ERROR__] = error
     Thread.current[:__FIDDLE_LAST_ERROR__] = error
   end
+
+  def dlopen library
+    Fiddle::Handle.new library
+  end
+  module_function :dlopen
+
+  # Add constants for backwards compat
+
+  RTLD_GLOBAL = Handle::RTLD_GLOBAL # :nodoc:
+  RTLD_LAZY   = Handle::RTLD_LAZY   # :nodoc:
+  RTLD_NOW    = Handle::RTLD_NOW    # :nodoc:
 end