diff --git a/src/os_unix.c b/src/os_unix.c
index 0059d30816..b3754689d7 100644
--- a/src/os_unix.c
+++ b/src/os_unix.c
@@ -5757,8 +5757,13 @@ mch_libcall(libname, funcname, argstring, argint, string_result, number_result)
     int		retval_int = 0;
     int		success = FALSE;
 
-    /* Get a handle to the DLL module. */
+    /*
+     * Get a handle to the DLL module.
+     */
 # if defined(USE_DLOPEN)
+    /* First clear any error, it's not cleared by the dlopen() call. */
+    (void)dlerror();
+
     hinstLib = dlopen((char *)libname, RTLD_LAZY
 #  ifdef RTLD_LOCAL
 	    | RTLD_LOCAL
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 31af61d06e..b60ede600a 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -666,6 +666,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    26,
 /**/
     25,
 /**/