diff --git a/src/basic/dlfcn-util.c b/src/basic/dlfcn-util.c
index 8574e99546..23bd1f666e 100644
--- a/src/basic/dlfcn-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/dlfcn-util.c
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ int dlsym_many_or_warn_sentinel(void *dl, int log_level, ...) {
         return r;
 }
 
-int dlopen_many_sym_or_warn_sentinel(void **dlp, const char *filename, int log_level, ...) {
+int dlopen_verbose(void **dlp, const char *filename) {
         int r;
 
+        assert(dlp);
+
         if (*dlp)
                 return 0; /* Already loaded */
 
@@ -62,6 +64,22 @@ int dlopen_many_sym_or_warn_sentinel(void **dlp, const char *filename, int log_l
         }
 
         log_debug("Loaded shared library '%s' via dlopen().", filename);
+        *dlp = TAKE_PTR(dl);
+        return 1;
+}
+
+int dlopen_many_sym_or_warn_sentinel(void **dlp, const char *filename, int log_level, ...) {
+        int r;
+
+        assert(dlp);
+
+        if (*dlp)
+                return 0; /* Already loaded */
+
+        _cleanup_(dlclosep) void *dl = NULL;
+        r = dlopen_verbose(&dl, filename);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
 
         va_list ap;
         va_start(ap, log_level);
diff --git a/src/basic/dlfcn-util.h b/src/basic/dlfcn-util.h
index 367c47ddb8..9760b31da4 100644
--- a/src/basic/dlfcn-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/dlfcn-util.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ static inline void dlclosep(void **dlp) {
         safe_dlclose(*dlp);
 }
 
+int dlopen_verbose(void **dlp, const char *filename);
 int dlsym_many_or_warn_sentinel(void *dl, int log_level, ...) _sentinel_;
 int dlopen_many_sym_or_warn_sentinel(void **dlp, const char *filename, int log_level, ...) _sentinel_;
 
diff --git a/src/shared/tpm2-util.c b/src/shared/tpm2-util.c
index b0f6387b03..0d4f51dc1e 100644
--- a/src/shared/tpm2-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/tpm2-util.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 static void *libtss2_esys_dl = NULL;
 static void *libtss2_rc_dl = NULL;
 static void *libtss2_mu_dl = NULL;
+static void *libtss2_tcti_device_dl = NULL;
 
 static DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(Esys_Create) = NULL;
 static DLSYM_PROTOTYPE(Esys_CreateLoaded) = NULL;
@@ -226,6 +227,20 @@ static int dlopen_tpm2_mu(void) {
                         DLSYM_ARG(Tss2_MU_UINT32_Marshal));
 }
 
+static int dlopen_tpm2_tcti_device(void) {
+        /* The "device" TCTI is the most relevant one, let's also load it explicitly on dlopen_tpm2(), even
+         * if we don't resolve any symbols here. */
+
+        ELF_NOTE_DLOPEN("tpm",
+                        "Support for TPM",
+                        ELF_NOTE_DLOPEN_PRIORITY_SUGGESTED,
+                        "libtss2-tcti-device.so.0");
+
+        return dlopen_verbose(
+                        &libtss2_tcti_device_dl,
+                        "libtss2-tcti-device.so.0");
+}
+
 #endif
 
 int dlopen_tpm2(void) {
@@ -244,6 +259,10 @@ int dlopen_tpm2(void) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
+        r = dlopen_tpm2_tcti_device();
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
         return 0;
 #else
         return -EOPNOTSUPP;