diff --git a/README b/README
index 25ff36f9..74ce8154 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ least).  On other systems that may trigger a SIGPIPE on send/recv, the
 main application should install a signal handler to handle SIGPIPE.
 
 libmicrohttpd should work well on GNU/Linux, BSD, OS X, W32 and z/OS.
-Note that HTTPS is not supported on z/OS (yet).
-We also have reports of users using it on vxWorks.  
+Note that HTTPS is not supported on z/OS (yet).  We also have reports
+of users using it on vxWorks.  Note that on platforms where the
+compiler does not support the "constructor" attribute, you must call
+"MHD_init" before using any MHD functions and "MHD_fini" after you are
+done using MHD.
 
 
 Notes on compiling on z/OS:
diff --git a/src/daemon/daemon.c b/src/daemon/daemon.c
index b824e9ea..c9959a74 100644
--- a/src/daemon/daemon.c
+++ b/src/daemon/daemon.c
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ sigalrmHandler (int sig)
 /**
  * Initialize the signal handler for SIGALRM.
  */
-void __attribute__ ((constructor)) MHD_pthread_handlers_ltdl_init ()
+void __attribute__ ((constructor)) MHD_init ()
 {
 #ifndef WINDOWS
   /* make sure SIGALRM does not kill us */
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ void __attribute__ ((constructor)) MHD_pthread_handlers_ltdl_init ()
 #endif
 }
 
-void __attribute__ ((destructor)) MHD_pthread_handlers_ltdl_fini ()
+void __attribute__ ((destructor)) MHD_fini ()
 {
 #if HTTPS_SUPPORT
   if (0 != pthread_mutex_destroy(&MHD_gnutls_init_mutex))