diff --git a/shell/common/BUILD.gn b/shell/common/BUILD.gn
index 25edcfa23bd..49227bdfdc2 100644
--- a/shell/common/BUILD.gn
+++ b/shell/common/BUILD.gn
@@ -134,4 +134,7 @@ executable("shell_unittests") {
     "//third_party/skia",
     "//topaz/lib/tonic",
   ]
+  if (is_linux) {
+    ldflags = [ "-rdynamic" ]
+  }
 }
diff --git a/shell/platform/embedder/BUILD.gn b/shell/platform/embedder/BUILD.gn
index 1405cc119be..5e04cfcd47a 100644
--- a/shell/platform/embedder/BUILD.gn
+++ b/shell/platform/embedder/BUILD.gn
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ executable("embedder_unittests") {
     ":fixtures",
     "$flutter_root/testing",
   ]
+
+  if (is_linux) {
+    ldflags = [ "-rdynamic" ]
+  }
 }
 
 shared_library("flutter_engine") {