diff --git a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp.h b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp.h
index 43e723fa7387b..bd50d58f0fdcb 100644
--- a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp.h
+++ b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp.h
@@ -1100,6 +1100,12 @@ extern void __kmp_init_target_mem();
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
+#if ENABLE_LIBOMPTARGET
+extern void __kmp_init_target_task();
+#endif
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
 #define KMP_UINT64_MAX                                                         \
   (~((kmp_uint64)1 << ((sizeof(kmp_uint64) * (1 << 3)) - 1)))
 
diff --git a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp
index 776160289981b..a0a72f163e7c5 100644
--- a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp
+++ b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_runtime.cpp
@@ -553,6 +553,14 @@ static void __kmp_fini_allocator() { __kmp_fini_memkind(); }
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
+#if ENABLE_LIBOMPTARGET
+static void __kmp_init_omptarget() {
+  __kmp_init_target_task();
+}
+#endif
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
 #if KMP_DYNAMIC_LIB
 #if KMP_OS_WINDOWS
 
@@ -7041,6 +7049,11 @@ static void __kmp_do_serial_initialize(void) {
 
   __kmp_validate_locks();
 
+#if ENABLE_LIBOMPTARGET
+  /* Initialize functions from libomptarget */
+  __kmp_init_omptarget();
+#endif
+
   /* Initialize internal memory allocator */
   __kmp_init_allocator();
 
diff --git a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_tasking.cpp b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_tasking.cpp
index 71922ed708001..f441b0e9ef673 100644
--- a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_tasking.cpp
+++ b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_tasking.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,12 @@
 #endif
 
 #if ENABLE_LIBOMPTARGET
-// Declaration of synchronization function from libomptarget.
-extern "C" void __tgt_target_nowait_query(void **) KMP_WEAK_ATTRIBUTE_INTERNAL;
+static void (*tgt_target_nowait_query)(void **);
+
+void __kmp_init_target_task() {
+  *(void **)(&tgt_target_nowait_query) = KMP_DLSYM("__tgt_target_nowait_query");
+  KMP_ASSERT(tgt_target_nowait_query);
+}
 #endif
 
 /* forward declaration */
@@ -1805,7 +1809,7 @@ static void __kmp_invoke_task(kmp_int32 gtid, kmp_task_t *task,
       // If we have a valid target async handle, that means that we have already
       // executed the task routine once. We must query for the handle completion
       // instead of re-executing the routine.
-      __tgt_target_nowait_query(&taskdata->td_target_data.async_handle);
+      tgt_target_nowait_query(&taskdata->td_target_data.async_handle);
     } else
 #endif
     if (task->routine != NULL) {