diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d2a6fde7b8..9d06982eea 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -41048,9 +41048,7 @@ if test "$TOOLKIT" != "MSW" -a "$USE_OS2" != 1; then
     HAVE_DL_FUNCS=0
     HAVE_SHL_FUNCS=0
     if test "$wxUSE_DYNAMIC_LOADER" = "yes" -o "$wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS" = "yes" ; then
-        if test "$USE_DARWIN" = 1; then
-                        HAVE_DL_FUNCS=1
-        elif test "$USE_DOS" = 1; then
+        if test "$USE_DOS" = 1; then
             HAVE_DL_FUNCS=0
         else
 
@@ -41421,7 +41419,7 @@ fi
 done
 
 
-                if test "$HAVE_DL_FUNCS" = 1; then
+                        if test "$HAVE_DL_FUNCS" = 1; then
 
 for ac_func in dlerror
 do
@@ -41525,7 +41523,7 @@ _ACEOF
 
 else
 
-                    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for dlerror in -ldl" >&5
+                        echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for dlerror in -ldl" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for dlerror in -ldl... $ECHO_C" >&6
 if test "${ac_cv_lib_dl_dlerror+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
@@ -41600,7 +41598,11 @@ fi
 fi
 done
 
+            fi
         fi
+
+                if test "$USE_DARWIN" = 1; then
+                        HAVE_DL_FUNCS=1
         fi
 
         if test "$HAVE_DL_FUNCS" = 0; then
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index fac14c401f..1453962246 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5876,10 +5876,7 @@ if test "$TOOLKIT" != "MSW" -a "$USE_OS2" != 1; then
     HAVE_DL_FUNCS=0
     HAVE_SHL_FUNCS=0
     if test "$wxUSE_DYNAMIC_LOADER" = "yes" -o "$wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS" = "yes" ; then
-        if test "$USE_DARWIN" = 1; then
-            dnl dlopen/dlerror is implemented in dynlib.cpp for Darwin/Mac OS X
-            HAVE_DL_FUNCS=1
-        elif test "$USE_DOS" = 1; then
+        if test "$USE_DOS" = 1; then
             HAVE_DL_FUNCS=0
         else
             dnl the test is a bit complicated because we check for dlopen() both with
@@ -5913,15 +5910,21 @@ if test "$TOOLKIT" != "MSW" -a "$USE_OS2" != 1; then
                             ])
             ])
 
-        dnl check also for dlerror()
-        if test "$HAVE_DL_FUNCS" = 1; then
-            AC_CHECK_FUNCS(dlerror,
-                AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DLERROR),
-                [
-                    AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlerror, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DLERROR))
-                ]
-            )
+            dnl check also for dlerror()
+            if test "$HAVE_DL_FUNCS" = 1; then
+                AC_CHECK_FUNCS(dlerror,
+                    AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DLERROR),
+                    [
+                        AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlerror, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DLERROR))
+                    ]
+                )
+            fi
         fi
+
+        dnl Force HAVE_DL_FUNCS on for Darwin, even if the tests failed (e.g. pre-10.3)
+        if test "$USE_DARWIN" = 1; then
+            dnl dlopen/dlerror is implemented in dynlib.cpp for Darwin/Mac OS X
+            HAVE_DL_FUNCS=1
         fi
 
         if test "$HAVE_DL_FUNCS" = 0; then
diff --git a/include/wx/dynlib.h b/include/wx/dynlib.h
index 58c81afebd..c8336df36a 100644
--- a/include/wx/dynlib.h
+++ b/include/wx/dynlib.h
@@ -42,14 +42,15 @@ class WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxDynamicLibraryDetailsCreator;
 // native version, even if configure detected presence of DLOPEN.
 #if defined(__OS2__) || defined(__EMX__) || defined(__WINDOWS__)
     typedef HMODULE             wxDllType;
+#elif defined(__DARWIN__)
+    // Don't include dlfcn.h on Darwin, we may be using our own replacements.
+    typedef void               *wxDllType;
 #elif defined(HAVE_DLOPEN)
     #include <dlfcn.h>
     typedef void               *wxDllType;
 #elif defined(HAVE_SHL_LOAD)
     #include <dl.h>
     typedef shl_t               wxDllType;
-#elif defined(__DARWIN__)
-    typedef void               *wxDllType;
 #elif defined(__WXMAC__)
     #include <CodeFragments.h>
     typedef CFragConnectionID   wxDllType;