diff --git a/cli/loader_lib.c b/cli/loader_lib.c
index af2a36cfce8ab..4d75cfd9563cb 100644
--- a/cli/loader_lib.c
+++ b/cli/loader_lib.c
@@ -349,10 +349,16 @@ static char *libstdcxxprobe(void)
             pid_t npid = waitpid(pid, &wstatus, 0);
             if (npid == -1) {
                 if (errno == EINTR) continue;
-                if (errno != EINTR) {
-                    perror("Error during libstdcxxprobe in parent process:\nwaitpid");
-                    exit(1);
+                if (errno == ECHILD) {
+                    // SIGCHLD is set to SIG_IGN or has flag SA_NOCLDWAIT, so the child
+                    // did not become a zombie and wait for `waitpid` - it just exited.
+                    //
+                    // Assume that it exited successfully and use whatever libpath we
+                    // got out of the pipe, if any.
+                    break;
                 }
+                perror("Error during libstdcxxprobe in parent process:\nwaitpid");
+                exit(1);
             }
             else if (!WIFEXITED(wstatus)) {
                 const char *err_str = "Error during libstdcxxprobe in parent process:\n"
diff --git a/test/embedding/Makefile b/test/embedding/Makefile
index df31c3735c9de..4be4974e864cd 100644
--- a/test/embedding/Makefile
+++ b/test/embedding/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ EXE := $(suffix $(abspath $(JULIA)))
 
 # get compiler and linker flags. (see: `contrib/julia-config.jl`)
 JULIA_CONFIG := $(JULIA) -e 'include(joinpath(Sys.BINDIR, Base.DATAROOTDIR, "julia", "julia-config.jl"))' --
+JULIA_LIBDIR := $(shell $(JULIA) -e 'println(joinpath(Sys.BINDIR, "..", "lib"))' --)
 CPPFLAGS_ADD :=
 CFLAGS_ADD = $(shell $(JULIA_CONFIG) --cflags)
 LDFLAGS_ADD = -lm $(shell $(JULIA_CONFIG) --ldflags --ldlibs)
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ DEBUGFLAGS += -g
 
 #=============================================================================
 
-release: $(BIN)/embedding$(EXE)
-debug:   $(BIN)/embedding-debug$(EXE)
+release: $(BIN)/embedding$(EXE) $(BIN)/libdl-embedding$(EXE)
+debug:   $(BIN)/embedding-debug$(EXE) $(BIN)/libdl-embedding$(EXE)
 
 $(BIN)/embedding$(EXE): $(SRCDIR)/embedding.c
 	$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(CPPFLAGS_ADD) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_ADD) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_ADD) $(LDFLAGS)
@@ -38,6 +39,12 @@ $(BIN)/embedding$(EXE): $(SRCDIR)/embedding.c
 $(BIN)/embedding-debug$(EXE): $(SRCDIR)/embedding.c
 	$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(CPPFLAGS_ADD) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_ADD) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_ADD) $(LDFLAGS) $(DEBUGFLAGS)
 
+$(BIN)/libdl-embedding$(EXE): $(SRCDIR)/libdl_embedding.c
+	$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -ldl -DLIBJULIA_PATH=\"$(JULIA_LIBDIR)/libjulia.so\"
+
+$(BIN)/libdl-embedding-debug$(EXE): $(SRCDIR)/libdl_embedding.c
+	$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(DEBUGFLAGS) -ldl -DLIBJULIA_PATH=\"$(JULIA_LIBDIR)/libjulia.so\"
+
 ifneq ($(abspath $(BIN)),$(abspath $(SRCDIR)))
 # for demonstration purposes, our demo code is also installed
 # in $BIN, although this would likely not be typical
@@ -45,7 +52,8 @@ $(BIN)/LocalModule.jl: $(SRCDIR)/LocalModule.jl
 	cp $< $@
 endif
 
-check: $(BIN)/embedding$(EXE) $(BIN)/LocalModule.jl
+check: $(BIN)/embedding$(EXE) $(BIN)/libdl-embedding$(EXE) $(BIN)/LocalModule.jl
+	$(BIN)/libdl-embedding$(EXE) # run w/o error
 	$(JULIA) --depwarn=error $(SRCDIR)/embedding-test.jl $<
 	@echo SUCCESS
 
diff --git a/test/embedding/libdl_embedding.c b/test/embedding/libdl_embedding.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6cd040d5f9abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/embedding/libdl_embedding.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    // This test doesn't do much yet, except check
+    // https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/57240
+    signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
+    void *handle = dlopen(LIBJULIA_PATH, RTLD_LAZY);
+    return 0;
+}