diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index 9e781f88dc..3afe5d58cb 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ tests += [
           libshared],
          []],
 
+        [['src/test/test-dlopen-so.c'],
+         [libshared],
+         []],
+
         [['src/test/test-job-type.c'],
          [libcore,
           libshared],
diff --git a/src/test/test-dlopen-so.c b/src/test/test-dlopen-so.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6436dc600f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/test-dlopen-so.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "cryptsetup-util.h"
+#include "idn-util.h"
+#include "macro.h"
+#include "main-func.h"
+#include "pwquality-util.h"
+#include "qrcode-util.h"
+#include "tests.h"
+
+static int run(int argc, char **argv) {
+        test_setup_logging(LOG_DEBUG);
+
+        /* Try to load each of our weak library dependencies once. This is supposed to help finding cases
+         * where .so versions change and distributions update, but systemd doesn't have the new so names
+         * around yet. */
+
+#if HAVE_LIBIDN2 || HAVE_LIBIDN
+        assert_se(dlopen_idn() >= 0);
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP
+        assert_se(dlopen_cryptsetup() >= 0);
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_PWQUALITY
+        assert_se(dlopen_pwquality() >= 0);
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_QRENCODE
+        assert_se(dlopen_qrencode() >= 0);
+#endif
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+DEFINE_MAIN_FUNCTION(run);