return dlopen(name, mode);

	/*

	 * Handle the plugin dir not being on the default dlopen search

	 * path, without resorting to polluting the entire system namespace

	 * via ld.so.conf.

	 */

	void *handle = NULL;

	char *filename;

	if (name && name[0] != '/') {

		filename = malloc(sizeof(ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR) + 1 + strlen(name) + 1);

		strcpy(filename, ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR);

		strcat(filename, "/");

		strcat(filename, name);

		handle = dlopen(filename, mode);

		free(filename);

	}

	if (!handle)

		handle = dlopen(name, mode);

	return handle;