diff -u -r ../lighttpd-1.4.39/src/plugin.c ./src/plugin.c
--- ../lighttpd-1.4.39/src/plugin.c	2015-11-22 13:59:02.000000000 -0500
+++ ./src/plugin.c	2016-01-19 17:43:51.306199574 -0500
@@ -259,7 +259,11 @@
 #else
 		*(void **)(&init) = dlsym(p->lib, srv->tmp_buf->ptr);
 #endif
-		if ((error = dlerror()) != NULL)  {
+		/* Do not call dlerror() when dlsym() has found a handle, since there may have
+		   been a (recoverable) error during loading of the shared library. This seems
+		   to happen on (some?) cyanogenmod devices trying to dlopen("libvendorconn.so")
+		   from NetdClient.cpp and failing due to no such file. */
+		if (init == NULL && (error = dlerror()) != NULL)  {
 			log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "s", error);
 
 			plugin_free(p);