diff --git a/libobs/util/platform-nix.c b/libobs/util/platform-nix.c
index ac3b517b5..2fe19b9f5 100644
--- a/libobs/util/platform-nix.c
+++ b/libobs/util/platform-nix.c
@@ -83,7 +83,13 @@ void *os_dlopen(const char *path)
 		dstr_cat(&dylib_name, ".so");
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-	void *res = dlopen(dylib_name.array, RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_FIRST);
+	int dlopen_flags = RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_FIRST;
+	if (dstr_find(&dylib_name, "Python")) {
+		dlopen_flags = dlopen_flags | RTLD_GLOBAL;
+	} else {
+		dlopen_flags = dlopen_flags | RTLD_LOCAL;
+	}
+	void *res = dlopen(dylib_name.array, dlopen_flags);
 #else
 	void *res = dlopen(dylib_name.array, RTLD_LAZY);
 #endif