diff --git a/src/lib/util/dict_tokenize.c b/src/lib/util/dict_tokenize.c
index 3c8a6101270c..b3e4ffc01988 100644
--- a/src/lib/util/dict_tokenize.c
+++ b/src/lib/util/dict_tokenize.c
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ static int dict_read_process_protocol(char **argv, int argc)
 	 *	Some protocols don't need them, so it's OK if the
 	 *	validation routines don't exist.
 	 */
-	if (require_dl && (dict_dlopen(dict, argv[0]) < 0)) {
+	if ((dict_dlopen(dict, argv[0]) < 0) && require_dl) {
 	error:
 		talloc_free(dict);
 		return -1;
diff --git a/src/tests/unit/dictionary b/src/tests/unit/dictionary
index 8057bfb30f77..2f41f55398d6 100644
--- a/src/tests/unit/dictionary
+++ b/src/tests/unit/dictionary
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PROTOCOL RADIUS 1
+PROTOCOL RADIUS 1	verify=lib
 BEGIN-PROTOCOL	RADIUS
 
 #