diff --git a/misc/cgo/testplugin/src/issue22175/main.go b/misc/cgo/testplugin/src/issue22175/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9be9bab9dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/cgo/testplugin/src/issue22175/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"plugin"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	p2, err := plugin.Open("issue22175_plugin1.so")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	f, err := p2.Lookup("F")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	got := f.(func() int)()
+	const want = 971
+	if got != want {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "issue22175: F()=%d, want %d", got, want)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/misc/cgo/testplugin/src/issue22175/plugin1.go b/misc/cgo/testplugin/src/issue22175/plugin1.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ae6cb631e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/cgo/testplugin/src/issue22175/plugin1.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import "plugin"
+
+func F() int {
+	p2, err := plugin.Open("issue22175_plugin2.so")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	g, err := p2.Lookup("G")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return g.(func() int)()
+}
+
+func main() {}
diff --git a/misc/cgo/testplugin/src/issue22175/plugin2.go b/misc/cgo/testplugin/src/issue22175/plugin2.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f387a192e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/cgo/testplugin/src/issue22175/plugin2.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+func G() int { return 971 }
+
+func main() {}
diff --git a/misc/cgo/testplugin/test.bash b/misc/cgo/testplugin/test.bash
index 6c13aa5fd7..dbc28b19aa 100755
--- a/misc/cgo/testplugin/test.bash
+++ b/misc/cgo/testplugin/test.bash
@@ -74,3 +74,9 @@ GOPATH=$(pwd) go build -gcflags "$GO_GCFLAGS" -o issue19418 src/issue19418/main.
 
 # Test for issue 19529
 GOPATH=$(pwd) go build -gcflags "$GO_GCFLAGS" -buildmode=plugin -o plugin.so src/issue19529/plugin.go
+
+# Test for issue 22175
+GOPATH=$(pwd) go build -gcflags "$GO_GCFLAGS" -buildmode=plugin -o issue22175_plugin1.so src/issue22175/plugin1.go
+GOPATH=$(pwd) go build -gcflags "$GO_GCFLAGS" -buildmode=plugin -o issue22175_plugin2.so src/issue22175/plugin2.go
+GOPATH=$(pwd) go build -gcflags "$GO_GCFLAGS" -o issue22175 src/issue22175/main.go
+./issue22175
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
index 0a819fcd23..c77298e870 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
@@ -641,6 +641,13 @@ func (ctxt *Link) symtab() {
 		moduledata.AddUint(ctxt.Arch, uint64(len(ctxt.Shlibs)))
 	}
 
+	hasmain := ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModeExe || ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModePIE
+	if hasmain {
+		moduledata.AddUint8(1)
+	} else {
+		moduledata.AddUint8(0)
+	}
+
 	// The rest of moduledata is zero initialized.
 	// When linking an object that does not contain the runtime we are
 	// creating the moduledata from scratch and it does not have a
diff --git a/src/runtime/symtab.go b/src/runtime/symtab.go
index 542c29ecd6..2f426c7bf1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/symtab.go
+++ b/src/runtime/symtab.go
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ type moduledata struct {
 	modulename   string
 	modulehashes []modulehash
 
+	hasmain uint8 // 1 if module contains the main function, 0 otherwise
+
 	gcdatamask, gcbssmask bitvector
 
 	typemap map[typeOff]*_type // offset to *_rtype in previous module
@@ -472,9 +474,8 @@ func modulesinit() {
 	// contains the main function.
 	//
 	// See Issue #18729.
-	mainText := funcPC(main_main)
 	for i, md := range *modules {
-		if md.text <= mainText && mainText <= md.etext {
+		if md.hasmain != 0 {
 			(*modules)[0] = md
 			(*modules)[i] = &firstmoduledata
 			break