diff --git a/mpv.py b/mpv.py
index f9bf561..7d06c09 100644
--- a/mpv.py
+++ b/mpv.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     sofile = ctypes.util.find_library('mpv')
     if sofile is None:
         raise OSError("Cannot find libmpv in the usual places. Depending on your distro, you may try installing an mpv-devel or mpv-libs package. If you have libmpv around but this script can't find it, consult the documentation for ctypes.util.find_library which this script uses to look up the library filename.")
-    backend = CDLL(sofile)
+    backend = CDLL(sofile, ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
     fs_enc = sys.getfilesystemencoding()