diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c10cb9fd22..f860884e14 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2017-10-16  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
+
+	[BZ #22050]
+	* malloc/mcheck-init.c (__malloc_initialize_hook): Use
+	compat_symbol_reference to access non-default version.
+
 2017-10-16  Florian Weimer  <fweimer@redhat.com>
 
 	* malloc/Makefile (others-extras): Set to mcheck-init.o.
diff --git a/malloc/mcheck-init.c b/malloc/mcheck-init.c
index 6d2492ef7e..05bf032417 100644
--- a/malloc/mcheck-init.c
+++ b/malloc/mcheck-init.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <mcheck.h>
+#include <shlib-compat.h>
 
 static void
 turn_on_mcheck (void)
@@ -28,3 +29,5 @@ turn_on_mcheck (void)
 }
 
 void (*__malloc_initialize_hook) (void) = turn_on_mcheck;
+compat_symbol_reference (libc, __malloc_initialize_hook,
+                         __malloc_initialize_hook, GLIBC_2_0);