diff --git a/cli/Makefile b/cli/Makefile
index 39cabecf1be81d..3e49a9f781febf 100644
--- a/cli/Makefile
+++ b/cli/Makefile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ $(build_bindir)/julia-debug$(EXE): $(BUILDDIR)/Info.plist
 endif
 
 $(build_shlibdir)/libjulialoader.$(JL_MAJOR_MINOR_SHLIB_EXT): $(LIB_OBJS)
-	@$(call PRINT_LINK, $(CC) $(LOADER_CFLAGS) -shared $(SHIPFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LOADER_LDFLAGS) $(RPATH_LIB))
+	@$(call PRINT_LINK, $(CC) $(LOADER_CFLAGS) -shared $(SHIPFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LOADER_LDFLAGS) $(RPATH_LIB)) $(build_shlibdir)/libjulia.$(JL_MAJOR_MINOR_SHLIB_EXT)
 ifneq ($(OS), WINNT)
 	@ln -sf $(notdir $@) $(build_shlibdir)/libjulialoader.$(JL_MAJOR_SHLIB_EXT)
 	@ln -sf $(notdir $@) $(build_shlibdir)/libjulialoader.$(SHLIB_EXT)
@@ -87,17 +87,17 @@ endif
 
 
 $(build_shlibdir)/libjulialoader-debug.$(JL_MAJOR_MINOR_SHLIB_EXT): $(LIB_DOBJS)
-	@$(call PRINT_LINK, $(CC) $(LOADER_CFLAGS) -shared $(DEBUGFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LOADER_LDFLAGS) $(RPATH_LIB))
+	@$(call PRINT_LINK, $(CC) $(LOADER_CFLAGS) -shared $(DEBUGFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LOADER_LDFLAGS) $(RPATH_LIB)) $(build_shlibdir)/libjulia-debug.$(JL_MAJOR_MINOR_SHLIB_EXT)
 ifneq ($(OS), WINNT)
 	@ln -sf $(notdir $@) $(build_shlibdir)/libjulialoader-debug.$(JL_MAJOR_SHLIB_EXT)
 	@ln -sf $(notdir $@) $(build_shlibdir)/libjulialoader-debug.$(SHLIB_EXT)
 endif
 
 $(build_bindir)/julia$(EXE): $(OBJS)
-	@$(call PRINT_LINK, $(CC) $(LOADER_CFLAGS) $(SHIPFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LOADER_LDFLAGS) $(RPATH))
+	@$(call PRINT_LINK, $(CC) $(LOADER_CFLAGS) $(SHIPFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LOADER_LDFLAGS) $(RPATH) $(build_shlibdir)/libjulia.$(JL_MAJOR_MINOR_SHLIB_EXT))
 
 $(build_bindir)/julia-debug$(EXE): $(DOBJS)
-	@$(call PRINT_LINK, $(CC) $(LOADER_CFLAGS) $(DEBUGFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LOADER_LDFLAGS) $(RPATH))
+	@$(call PRINT_LINK, $(CC) $(LOADER_CFLAGS) $(DEBUGFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LOADER_LDFLAGS) $(RPATH) $(build_shlibdir)/libjulia-debug.$(JL_MAJOR_MINOR_SHLIB_EXT))
 
 
 clean: | $(CLEAN_TARGETS)
diff --git a/cli/loader_exe.c b/cli/loader_exe.c
index 74d8a150dc6394..12fcd1a2aaa291 100644
--- a/cli/loader_exe.c
+++ b/cli/loader_exe.c
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* Define ptls getter, as this cannot be defined within a shared library. */
 #if !defined(_OS_WINDOWS_) && !defined(_OS_DARWIN_)
-__attribute__ ((visibility("default"))) JL_CONST_FUNC void * jl_get_ptls_states_static(void)
+void jl_set_ptls_states_getter(void *(*f)(void));
+static JL_CONST_FUNC void * jl_get_ptls_states_static(void)
 {
     /* Because we can't #include <julia.h> in this file, we define a TLS state object with
      * hopefully enough room; at last check, the `jl_tls_states_t` struct was <16KB. */
     static __attribute__((tls_model("local-exec"))) __thread char tls_states[32768];
     return &tls_states;
 }
+__attribute__((constructor)) void jl_register_ptls_states_getter(void)
+{
+    jl_set_ptls_states_getter(jl_get_ptls_states_static);
+}
 #endif
 
 #ifdef _OS_WINDOWS_
@@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
 {
 #endif
     // Immediately get the current exe dir, allowing us to calculate relative paths.
-    const char * exe_dir = get_exe_dir();
+    const char * exe_dir = NULL; // get_exe_dir();
 
 #ifdef _OS_WINDOWS_
     // Convert Windows wchar_t values to UTF8
diff --git a/cli/loader_lib.c b/cli/loader_lib.c
index a8ab0b9837522d..7530693d743de9 100644
--- a/cli/loader_lib.c
+++ b/cli/loader_lib.c
@@ -131,9 +131,12 @@ const char * get_exe_dir()
     return exe_dir;
 }
 
+int repl_entrypoint(int argc, char *argv[]);
+
 // Load libjulia and run the REPL with the given arguments (in UTF-8 format)
 int load_repl(const char * exe_dir, int argc, char * argv[])
 {
+    return repl_entrypoint(argc, (char **)argv);
     // Pre-load libraries that libjulia needs.
     int deps_len = strlen(dep_libs);
     char * curr_dep = &dep_libs[0];