diff --git a/make/modules/java.base/Lib.gmk b/make/modules/java.base/Lib.gmk
index 84ee309dadd11..51d323a0344f2 100644
--- a/make/modules/java.base/Lib.gmk
+++ b/make/modules/java.base/Lib.gmk
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ endif
 
 $(eval $(call SetupJdkLibrary, BUILD_LIBSYSLOOKUP, \
     NAME := syslookup, \
+    EXTRA_HEADER_DIRS := java.base:libjava, \
     LD_SET_ORIGIN := false, \
     LDFLAGS_linux := -Wl$(COMMA)--no-as-needed, \
     LDFLAGS_aix := -brtl -bexpfull, \
diff --git a/src/java.base/aix/native/libsyslookup/syslookup.c b/src/java.base/aix/native/libsyslookup/syslookup.c
index 66bd50e01a0ef..95aff2d430011 100644
--- a/src/java.base/aix/native/libsyslookup/syslookup.c
+++ b/src/java.base/aix/native/libsyslookup/syslookup.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2023, IBM Corp.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <math.h>
 
+#include "jni_util.h"
+
+DEF_STATIC_JNI_OnLoad
+
 // Addresses of functions to be referenced using static linking.
 void* funcs[] = {
     //string.h
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/SystemLookup.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/SystemLookup.java
index bf5371d43a067..640c7580d159a 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/SystemLookup.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/SystemLookup.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 package jdk.internal.foreign;
 
+import jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibraries;
 import jdk.internal.loader.NativeLibrary;
 import jdk.internal.loader.RawNativeLibraries;
 import jdk.internal.util.OperatingSystem;
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ private static SymbolLookup makeSystemLookup() {
             if (OperatingSystem.isWindows()) {
                 return makeWindowsLookup();
             } else {
-                return libLookup(libs -> libs.load(jdkLibraryPath("syslookup")));
+                return sysLookup();
             }
         } catch (Throwable ex) {
             // This can happen in the event of a library loading failure - e.g. if one of the libraries the
@@ -84,13 +85,12 @@ private static SymbolLookup makeWindowsLookup() {
 
         boolean useUCRT = Files.exists(ucrtbase);
         Path stdLib = useUCRT ? ucrtbase : msvcrt;
-        SymbolLookup lookup = libLookup(libs -> libs.load(stdLib));
+        SymbolLookup lookup = stdLibLookup(libs -> libs.load(stdLib));
 
         if (useUCRT) {
             // use a fallback lookup to look up inline functions from fallback lib
 
-            SymbolLookup fallbackLibLookup =
-                    libLookup(libs -> libs.load(jdkLibraryPath("syslookup")));
+            SymbolLookup fallbackLibLookup = sysLookup();
 
             @SuppressWarnings("restricted")
             MemorySegment funcs = fallbackLibLookup.findOrThrow("funcs")
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ private static SymbolLookup makeWindowsLookup() {
         return lookup;
     }
 
-    private static SymbolLookup libLookup(Function<RawNativeLibraries, NativeLibrary> loader) {
-        NativeLibrary lib = loader.apply(RawNativeLibraries.newInstance(MethodHandles.lookup()));
+    private static SymbolLookup lookup(NativeLibrary lib) {
         return name -> {
             Objects.requireNonNull(name);
             if (Utils.containsNullChars(name)) return Optional.empty();
@@ -126,16 +125,17 @@ private static SymbolLookup libLookup(Function<RawNativeLibraries, NativeLibrary
         };
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Returns the path of the given library name from JDK
-     */
-    private static Path jdkLibraryPath(String name) {
-        Path javahome = Path.of(StaticProperty.javaHome());
-        String lib = OperatingSystem.isWindows() ? "bin" : "lib";
-        String libname = System.mapLibraryName(name);
-        return javahome.resolve(lib).resolve(libname);
+    private static SymbolLookup stdLibLookup(Function<RawNativeLibraries, NativeLibrary> loader) {
+        NativeLibrary lib = loader.apply(RawNativeLibraries.newInstance(MethodHandles.lookup()));
+        return lookup(lib);
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("restricted")
+    private static SymbolLookup sysLookup() {
+        NativeLibraries libs = NativeLibraries.newInstance(null);
+        NativeLibrary lib = libs.loadLibrary(SymbolLookup.class, "syslookup");
+        return lookup(lib);
+    }
 
     public static SystemLookup getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/native/libsyslookup/syslookup.c b/src/java.base/share/native/libsyslookup/syslookup.c
index b1f543bfdb763..fa7ddca41566e 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/native/libsyslookup/syslookup.c
+++ b/src/java.base/share/native/libsyslookup/syslookup.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 // Adding at least one #include removes unwanted warnings on some platforms.
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+#include "jni_util.h"
+
+DEF_STATIC_JNI_OnLoad
+
 // Simple dummy function so this library appears as a normal library to tooling.
 char* syslookup() {
   return "syslookup";
diff --git a/src/java.base/windows/native/libsyslookup/syslookup.c b/src/java.base/windows/native/libsyslookup/syslookup.c
index c7ddce46a79a5..3216632c53d26 100644
--- a/src/java.base/windows/native/libsyslookup/syslookup.c
+++ b/src/java.base/windows/native/libsyslookup/syslookup.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#include "jni_util.h"
+
+DEF_STATIC_JNI_OnLoad
+
 // Forces generation of inline code on Windows
 __declspec(dllexport) void* funcs[] = {
     // stdio.h