diff --git a/examples/SharedMemory/b3PluginManager.cpp b/examples/SharedMemory/b3PluginManager.cpp
index a4fca03f7..9e61e1859 100644
--- a/examples/SharedMemory/b3PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/examples/SharedMemory/b3PluginManager.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@
     
     typedef void*                   B3_DYNLIB_HANDLE;
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
     #define B3_DYNLIB_OPEN(path)  dlmopen(LM_ID_NEWLM, path, RTLD_LAZY)
+#else
+    #define B3_DYNLIB_OPEN(path)  dlopen(path, RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL)
+#endif
     #define B3_DYNLIB_CLOSE       dlclose
     #define B3_DYNLIB_IMPORT      dlsym
 #endif