diff --git a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/decorators.py b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/decorators.py
--- a/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/decorators.py
+++ b/lldb/packages/Python/lldbsuite/test/decorators.py
@@ -622,6 +622,10 @@
     """Decorate the item to skip tests that should be skipped on any non Darwin platform."""
     return skipUnlessPlatform(lldbplatformutil.getDarwinOSTriples())(func)
 
+def skipUnlessLinux(func):
+    """Decorate the item to skip tests that should be skipped on any non-Linux platform."""
+    return skipUnlessPlatform(["linux"])(func)
+
 def skipUnlessTargetAndroid(func):
     return unittest2.skipUnless(lldbplatformutil.target_is_android(),
                                 "requires target to be Android")(func)
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
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@
       if (module_sp.get()) {
         if (module_sp->GetObjectFile()->GetBaseAddress().GetLoadAddress(
                 &m_process->GetTarget()) == m_interpreter_base &&
+            m_interpreter_module.lock() &&
             module_sp != m_interpreter_module.lock()) {
           // If this is a duplicate instance of ld.so, unload it.  We may end up
           // with it if we load it via a different path than before (symlink
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/module_load_attach/Makefile b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/module_load_attach/Makefile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/module_load_attach/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+C_SOURCES := main.c
+LD_EXTRAS := -Wl,-rpath "-Wl,$(shell pwd)"
+USE_LIBDL := 1
+
+feature:
+	$(MAKE) -f $(MAKEFILE_RULES) \
+		DYLIB_ONLY=YES DYLIB_NAME=feature DYLIB_C_SOURCES=feature.c
+all: feature
+
+include Makefile.rules
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/module_load_attach/TestModuleLoadAttach.py b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/module_load_attach/TestModuleLoadAttach.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/module_load_attach/TestModuleLoadAttach.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import lldb
+from lldbsuite.test.decorators import *
+from lldbsuite.test.lldbtest import *
+from lldbsuite.test import lldbutil
+
+class TestCase(TestBase):
+
+    mydir = TestBase.compute_mydir(__file__)
+
+    def build_launch_and_attach(self):
+        self.build()
+        # launch
+        exe = self.getBuildArtifact("a.out")
+        popen = self.spawnSubprocess(exe)
+        # attach
+        target = self.dbg.CreateTarget(exe)
+        self.assertTrue(target, VALID_TARGET)
+        listener = lldb.SBListener("my.attach.listener")
+        error = lldb.SBError()
+        process = target.AttachToProcessWithID(listener, popen.pid, error)
+        self.assertTrue(error.Success() and process, PROCESS_IS_VALID)
+        return process
+
+    def assertModuleIsLoaded(self, module_name):
+        feature_module = self.dbg.GetSelectedTarget().FindModule(lldb.SBFileSpec(module_name))
+        self.assertTrue(feature_module.IsValid(), f"Module {module_name} should be loaded")
+
+    def assertModuleIsNotLoaded(self, module_name):
+        feature_module = self.dbg.GetSelectedTarget().FindModule(lldb.SBFileSpec(module_name))
+        self.assertFalse(feature_module.IsValid(), f"Module {module_name} should not be loaded")
+
+    @skipIfRemote
+    @skipUnlessLinux
+    @no_debug_info_test
+    def test(self):
+        '''
+            This test makes sure that after attach lldb still gets notifications
+            about new modules being loaded by the process
+        '''
+        process = self.build_launch_and_attach()
+        thread = process.GetSelectedThread()
+        self.assertModuleIsNotLoaded("libfeature.so")
+        thread.GetSelectedFrame().EvaluateExpression("flip_to_1_to_continue = 1")
+        # Continue so that dlopen is called.
+        breakpoint = self.target().BreakpointCreateBySourceRegex(
+            "// break after dlopen", lldb.SBFileSpec("main.c"))
+        self.assertNotEqual(breakpoint.GetNumResolvedLocations(), 0)
+        stopped_threads = lldbutil.continue_to_breakpoint(self.process(), breakpoint)
+        self.assertModuleIsLoaded("libfeature.so")
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/module_load_attach/feature.c b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/module_load_attach/feature.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/module_load_attach/feature.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+extern void feature() {}
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/module_load_attach/main.c b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/module_load_attach/main.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/module_load_attach/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+volatile int flip_to_1_to_continue = 0;
+
+int main() {
+  lldb_enable_attach();
+  while (! flip_to_1_to_continue) // Wait for debugger to attach
+    sleep(1);
+  // dlopen the feature
+  void *feature = dlopen("libfeature.so", RTLD_NOW);
+  assert(feature && "dlopen failed?");
+  return 0; // break after dlopen
+}