diff --git a/ext/ffi/lib.rs b/ext/ffi/lib.rs
index b5505fb0cf..d2b0d24df5 100644
--- a/ext/ffi/lib.rs
+++ b/ext/ffi/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright 2021 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
-use deno_core::error::anyhow;
 use deno_core::error::bad_resource_id;
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::include_js_files;
@@ -370,7 +369,12 @@ where
   let permissions = state.borrow_mut::<FP>();
   permissions.check(&path)?;
 
-  let lib = Library::open(&path).map_err(|e| anyhow!(format_error(e, path)))?;
+  let lib = Library::open(&path).map_err(|e| {
+    dlopen::Error::OpeningLibraryError(std::io::Error::new(
+      std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
+      format_error(e, path),
+    ))
+  })?;
 
   let mut resource = DynamicLibraryResource {
     lib,
diff --git a/test_ffi/tests/integration_tests.rs b/test_ffi/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 0ae395da86..28176f1876 100644
--- a/test_ffi/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/test_ffi/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ fn basic() {
   println!("{:?}", output.status);
   assert!(output.status.success());
   let expected = "\
+    dlopen doesn't panic\n\
     something\n\
     [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]\n\
     579\n\
diff --git a/test_ffi/tests/test.js b/test_ffi/tests/test.js
index fc354139da..098541265c 100644
--- a/test_ffi/tests/test.js
+++ b/test_ffi/tests/test.js
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ const [libPrefix, libSuffix] = {
 const libPath = `${targetDir}/${libPrefix}test_ffi.${libSuffix}`;
 
 const resourcesPre = Deno.resources();
+
+// dlopen shouldn't panic
+try {
+  Deno.dlopen("cli/src/main.rs", {});
+} catch (_) {
+  console.log("dlopen doesn't panic");
+}
+
 const dylib = Deno.dlopen(libPath, {
   "print_something": { parameters: [], result: "void" },
   "print_buffer": { parameters: ["buffer", "usize"], result: "void" },