diff --git a/code/client/cl_curl.c b/code/client/cl_curl.c
index 3b4dad05..b8508248 100644
--- a/code/client/cl_curl.c
+++ b/code/client/cl_curl.c
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ qboolean CL_cURL_Init()
 
 
 	Com_Printf("Loading \"%s\"...", cl_cURLLib->string);
-	if(!(cURLLib = Sys_LoadDll(cl_cURLLib->string)))
+	if(!(cURLLib = Sys_LoadDll(cl_cURLLib->string, qtrue)))
 	{
 #ifdef ALTERNATE_CURL_LIB
 		// On some linux distributions there is no libcurl.so.3, but only libcurl.so.4. That one works too.
-		if(!(cURLLib = Sys_LoadDll(ALTERNATE_CURL_LIB)))
+		if(!(cURLLib = Sys_LoadDll(ALTERNATE_CURL_LIB, qtrue)))
 #endif
 			return qfalse;
 	}
diff --git a/code/client/cl_main.c b/code/client/cl_main.c
index 765c106b..52e0ed7d 100644
--- a/code/client/cl_main.c
+++ b/code/client/cl_main.c
@@ -3182,7 +3182,7 @@ void CL_InitRef( void ) {
 
 	Com_sprintf(dllName, sizeof(dllName), "renderer_%s_" ARCH_STRING DLL_EXT, cl_renderer->string);
 
-	if(!(rendererLib = Sys_LoadDll(dllName)) && strcmp(cl_renderer->string, cl_renderer->resetString))
+	if(!(rendererLib = Sys_LoadDll(dllName, qfalse)) && strcmp(cl_renderer->string, cl_renderer->resetString))
 	{
 		Cvar_ForceReset("cl_renderer");
 
diff --git a/code/client/qal.c b/code/client/qal.c
index 9b016038..eb225512 100644
--- a/code/client/qal.c
+++ b/code/client/qal.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ qboolean QAL_Init(const char *libname)
 	if(OpenALLib)
 		return qtrue;
 
-	if(!(OpenALLib = Sys_LoadDll(libname)))
+	if(!(OpenALLib = Sys_LoadDll(libname, qtrue)))
 		return qfalse;
 
 	alinit_fail = qfalse;
diff --git a/code/sys/sys_loadlib.h b/code/sys/sys_loadlib.h
index 2c4ddd04..0b1eac3e 100644
--- a/code/sys/sys_loadlib.h
+++ b/code/sys/sys_loadlib.h
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 #	define Sys_LibraryError() SDL_GetError()
 #endif
 
-void * QDECL Sys_LoadDll(const char *name);
+void * QDECL Sys_LoadDll(const char *name, qboolean useSystemLib);
diff --git a/code/sys/sys_main.c b/code/sys/sys_main.c
index 5fbb6f8c..3f440aa9 100644
--- a/code/sys/sys_main.c
+++ b/code/sys/sys_main.c
@@ -417,12 +417,14 @@ from executable path, then fs_basepath.
 =================
 */
 
-void *Sys_LoadDll(const char *name)
+void *Sys_LoadDll(const char *name, qboolean useSystemLib)
 {
 	void *dllhandle;
 	
-	Com_Printf("Try loading \"%s\"...\n", name);
-	if(!(dllhandle = Sys_LoadLibrary(name)))
+	if(useSystemLib)
+		Com_Printf("Try loading \"%s\"...\n", name);
+	
+	if(!useSystemLib || !(dllhandle = Sys_LoadLibrary(name)))
 	{
 		const char *topDir;
 		char libPath[MAX_OSPATH];