diff --git a/ldso/linux/dynlink.c b/ldso/linux/dynlink.c
index 4a9fc726f87bdc3faf0e042b4edd742e9e2fa5f8..e2301e09726522fe1ff2fed70d219174ed05c18b 100644
--- a/ldso/linux/dynlink.c
+++ b/ldso/linux/dynlink.c
@@ -3851,6 +3851,7 @@ static char *dlopen_permitted_list[] =
 };
 
 #define PERMITIED_TARGET  "nweb_ns"
+#define PERMITIED_TARGET2  "nweb_ns_legacy"
 static bool in_permitted_list(char *caller, char *target)
 {
 	for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(dlopen_permitted_list)/sizeof(char*); i++) {
@@ -3863,6 +3864,10 @@ static bool in_permitted_list(char *caller, char *target)
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	if (strcmp(PERMITIED_TARGET2, target) == 0) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/porting/linux/user/ldso/dynlink.c b/porting/linux/user/ldso/dynlink.c
index e7d5c4502949f430f49c522b77b757cfed5f2f8a..4473ab6a60b3cbe76be4c2b73c4384f24b10dfb0 100644
--- a/porting/linux/user/ldso/dynlink.c
+++ b/porting/linux/user/ldso/dynlink.c
@@ -3266,6 +3266,7 @@ static char *dlopen_permitted_list[] =
 };
 
 #define PERMITIED_TARGET  "nweb_ns"
+#define PERMITIED_TARGET2  "nweb_ns_legacy"
 static bool in_permitted_list(char *caller, char *target)
 {
 	for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(dlopen_permitted_list)/sizeof(char*); i++) {
@@ -3278,6 +3279,10 @@ static bool in_permitted_list(char *caller, char *target)
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	if (strcmp(PERMITIED_TARGET2, target) == 0) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	return false;
 }