diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index be886bb8..fa543418 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -252,12 +252,10 @@ if (_GLFW_X11)
 
     # Check for Xinerama (legacy multi-monitor support)
     if (NOT X11_Xinerama_FOUND)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "The Xinerama library and headers were not found")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "The Xinerama headers were not found")
     endif()
 
     list(APPEND glfw_INCLUDE_DIRS "${X11_Xinerama_INCLUDE_PATH}")
-    list(APPEND glfw_LIBRARIES "${X11_Xinerama_LIB}")
-    list(APPEND glfw_PKG_DEPS "xinerama")
 
     # Check for Xkb (X keyboard extension)
     if (NOT X11_Xkb_FOUND)
diff --git a/src/x11_init.c b/src/x11_init.c
index 6e06fb2e..90f5e34c 100644
--- a/src/x11_init.c
+++ b/src/x11_init.c
@@ -593,12 +593,23 @@ static GLFWbool initExtensions(void)
                        RROutputChangeNotifyMask);
     }
 
-    if (XineramaQueryExtension(_glfw.x11.display,
-                               &_glfw.x11.xinerama.major,
-                               &_glfw.x11.xinerama.minor))
+    _glfw.x11.xinerama.handle = dlopen("libXinerama.so.1", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_GLOBAL);
+    if (_glfw.x11.xinerama.handle)
     {
-        if (XineramaIsActive(_glfw.x11.display))
-            _glfw.x11.xinerama.available = GLFW_TRUE;
+        _glfw.x11.xinerama.IsActive = (PFN_XineramaIsActive)
+            dlsym(_glfw.x11.xinerama.handle, "XineramaIsActive");
+        _glfw.x11.xinerama.QueryExtension = (PFN_XineramaQueryExtension)
+            dlsym(_glfw.x11.xinerama.handle, "XineramaQueryExtension");
+        _glfw.x11.xinerama.QueryScreens = (PFN_XineramaQueryScreens)
+            dlsym(_glfw.x11.xinerama.handle, "XineramaQueryScreens");
+
+        if (XineramaQueryExtension(_glfw.x11.display,
+                                   &_glfw.x11.xinerama.major,
+                                   &_glfw.x11.xinerama.minor))
+        {
+            if (XineramaIsActive(_glfw.x11.display))
+                _glfw.x11.xinerama.available = GLFW_TRUE;
+        }
     }
 
     _glfw.x11.xkb.major = 1;
@@ -883,6 +894,12 @@ void _glfwPlatformTerminate(void)
         _glfw.x11.randr.handle = NULL;
     }
 
+    if (_glfw.x11.xinerama.handle)
+    {
+        dlclose(_glfw.x11.xinerama.handle);
+        _glfw.x11.xinerama.handle = NULL;
+    }
+
     if (_glfw.x11.helperWindowHandle)
     {
         if (XGetSelectionOwner(_glfw.x11.display, _glfw.x11.CLIPBOARD) ==
diff --git a/src/x11_platform.h b/src/x11_platform.h
index c0efb41d..05a6def8 100644
--- a/src/x11_platform.h
+++ b/src/x11_platform.h
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ typedef int (* PFN_XRRUpdateConfiguration)(XEvent*);
 #define XRRSetCrtcGamma _glfw.x11.randr.SetCrtcGamma
 #define XRRUpdateConfiguration _glfw.x11.randr.UpdateConfiguration
 
+typedef Bool (* PFN_XineramaIsActive)(Display*);
+typedef Bool (* PFN_XineramaQueryExtension)(Display*,int*,int*);
+typedef XineramaScreenInfo* (* PFN_XineramaQueryScreens)(Display*,int*);
+#define XineramaIsActive _glfw.x11.xinerama.IsActive
+#define XineramaQueryExtension _glfw.x11.xinerama.QueryExtension
+#define XineramaQueryScreens _glfw.x11.xinerama.QueryScreens
+
 typedef XID xcb_window_t;
 typedef XID xcb_visualid_t;
 typedef struct xcb_connection_t xcb_connection_t;
@@ -314,8 +321,12 @@ typedef struct _GLFWlibraryX11
 
     struct {
         GLFWbool    available;
+        void*       handle;
         int         major;
         int         minor;
+        PFN_XineramaIsActive IsActive;
+        PFN_XineramaQueryExtension QueryExtension;
+        PFN_XineramaQueryScreens QueryScreens;
     } xinerama;
 
     struct {