diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DYLDRendezvous.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DYLDRendezvous.h
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DYLDRendezvous.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DYLDRendezvous.h
@@ -267,6 +267,8 @@
 
   bool FindMetadata(const char *name, PThreadField field, uint32_t &value);
 
+  bool IsCoreFile() const;
+
   enum RendezvousAction {
     eNoAction,
     eTakeSnapshot,
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DYLDRendezvous.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DYLDRendezvous.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DYLDRendezvous.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DYLDRendezvous.cpp
@@ -190,6 +190,14 @@
 }
 
 DYLDRendezvous::RendezvousAction DYLDRendezvous::GetAction() const {
+  // If we have a core file, we will read the current rendezvous state
+  // from the core file's memory into m_current which can be in an inconsistent
+  // state, so we can't rely on its state to determine what we should do. We
+  // always need it to load all of the shared libraries one time when we attach
+  // to a core file.
+  if (IsCoreFile())
+    return eTakeSnapshot;
+
   switch (m_current.state) {
 
   case eConsistent:
@@ -664,3 +672,7 @@
     LLDB_LOGF(log, "      Prev : %" PRIx64, I->prev);
   }
 }
+
+bool DYLDRendezvous::IsCoreFile() const {
+  return !m_process->IsLiveDebugSession();
+}
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DynamicLoaderPOSIXDYLD.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DynamicLoaderPOSIXDYLD.h
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DynamicLoaderPOSIXDYLD.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DynamicLoaderPOSIXDYLD.h
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@
   std::map<lldb::ModuleWP, lldb::addr_t, std::owner_less<lldb::ModuleWP>>
       m_loaded_modules;
 
+  /// Returns true if the process is for a core file.
+  bool IsCoreFile() const;
+
   /// If possible sets a breakpoint on a function called by the runtime
   /// linker each time a module is loaded or unloaded.
   bool SetRendezvousBreakpoint();
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DynamicLoaderPOSIXDYLD.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DynamicLoaderPOSIXDYLD.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DynamicLoaderPOSIXDYLD.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/DynamicLoader/POSIX-DYLD/DynamicLoaderPOSIXDYLD.cpp
@@ -213,6 +213,10 @@
 void DynamicLoaderPOSIXDYLD::ProbeEntry() {
   Log *log = GetLog(LLDBLog::DynamicLoader);
 
+  // If we have a core file, we don't need any breakpoints.
+  if (IsCoreFile())
+    return;
+
   const addr_t entry = GetEntryPoint();
   if (entry == LLDB_INVALID_ADDRESS) {
     LLDB_LOGF(
@@ -297,6 +301,11 @@
 
 bool DynamicLoaderPOSIXDYLD::SetRendezvousBreakpoint() {
   Log *log = GetLog(LLDBLog::DynamicLoader);
+
+  // If we have a core file, we don't need any breakpoints.
+  if (IsCoreFile())
+    return false;
+
   if (m_dyld_bid != LLDB_INVALID_BREAK_ID) {
     LLDB_LOG(log,
              "Rendezvous breakpoint breakpoint id {0} for pid {1}"
@@ -829,3 +838,7 @@
 
   return module_sp->GetFileSpec().GetPath() == "[vdso]";
 }
+
+bool DynamicLoaderPOSIXDYLD::IsCoreFile() const {
+  return !m_process->IsLiveDebugSession();
+}