diff --git a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
index 76a2feb52b..39c38f8343 100644
--- a/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/nm-linux-platform.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ _nl_get_vtable (void)
 	if (G_UNLIKELY (!vtable.f_nl_has_capability)) {
 		void *handle;
 
-		handle = dlopen ("libnl-3.so", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_NOLOAD);
+		handle = dlopen ("libnl-3.so.200", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_NOLOAD);
 		if (handle) {
 			vtable.handle = handle;
 			vtable.f_nl_has_capability = dlsym (handle, "nl_has_capability");