diff --git a/ompi/debuggers/Makefile.am b/ompi/debuggers/Makefile.am
index c23ec36182..c7e5765584 100644
--- a/ompi/debuggers/Makefile.am
+++ b/ompi/debuggers/Makefile.am
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ headers = \
         msgq_interface.h ompi_msgq_dll_defs.h
 
 # Simple checks to ensure that the DSOs are functional
+# This test is only built if we have libltdl support.
 
 dlopen_test_SOURCES = dlopen_test.c
 dlopen_test_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/opal/libltdl
diff --git a/ompi/debuggers/dlopen_test.c b/ompi/debuggers/dlopen_test.c
index 029a4ee381..1cbbd79f58 100644
--- a/ompi/debuggers/dlopen_test.c
+++ b/ompi/debuggers/dlopen_test.c
@@ -15,19 +15,16 @@
 
 #include "opal/libltdl/ltdl.h"
 
-static int do_test(void);
-
+#if !OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-#if OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL
-    return do_test();
-#else
     /* If OPAL wasn't built with libltdl support, then skip this test */
     fprintf(stderr, "OPAL was not built with libltdl support; skipping\n");
     return 77;
-#endif
 }
 
+#else /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */
+
 static int do_test(void)
 {
     FILE *fp;
@@ -128,3 +125,9 @@ static int do_test(void)
 
     return 2;
 }
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    return do_test();
+}
+#endif /* OPAL_WANT_LIBLTDL */