diff --git a/Assets/dll/LibretroBridge.so b/Assets/dll/LibretroBridge.so
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2897d7b8ab
Binary files /dev/null and b/Assets/dll/LibretroBridge.so differ
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Libretro/LibretroApi.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Libretro/LibretroApi.cs
index 97fdfb27cc..b2c3edda38 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Libretro/LibretroApi.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Libretro/LibretroApi.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Libretro
 		[UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 		private delegate IntPtr DllInit(IntPtr dllModule);
 
+		[UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		private delegate IntPtr DllInitUnix(string dllModule);
+
 		[UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 		private delegate void MessageApi(eMessage msg);
 
@@ -49,13 +52,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Libretro
 			instanceDll = new InstanceDll(dllPath);
 			instanceDllCore = new InstanceDll(corePath);
 
-			var dllinit = GetTypedDelegate<DllInit>("DllInit");
 			Message = GetTypedDelegate<MessageApi>("Message");
 			_copyBuffer = GetTypedDelegate<BufferApi>("CopyBuffer");
 			_setBuffer = GetTypedDelegate<BufferApi>("SetBuffer");
 			SetVariable = GetTypedDelegate<SetVariableApi>("SetVariable");
 
-			comm = (CommStruct*)dllinit(instanceDllCore.HModule).ToPointer();
+			comm = (CommStruct*) (OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost
+				? GetTypedDelegate<DllInitUnix>("DllInit")(corePath)
+				: GetTypedDelegate<DllInit>("DllInit")(instanceDllCore.HModule)).ToPointer();
 
 			//TODO: (stash function pointers locally and thunk to IntPtr)
 			//ALSO: this should be done by the core, I think, not the API. No smarts should be in here
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Libretro/LibretroCore.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Libretro/LibretroCore.cs
index 6c88fb1dd7..0a6769e7ec 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Libretro/LibretroCore.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Libretro/LibretroCore.cs
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Libretro
 		// TODO: codepath just for introspection (lighter weight; no speex, no controls, etc.)
 		public LibretroCore(CoreComm nextComm, IGameInfo game, string corePath)
 		{
-			if (OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost) throw new NotImplementedException("required library LibretroBridge is not yet available for Linux");
-
 			ServiceProvider = new BasicServiceProvider(this);
 			_SyncSettings = new SyncSettings();
 			CoreComm = nextComm;
 
-			string dllPath = Path.Combine(CoreComm.CoreFileProvider.DllPath(), "LibretroBridge.dll");
+			var dllPath = Path.Combine(CoreComm.CoreFileProvider.DllPath(), OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost ? "LibretroBridge.so" : "LibretroBridge.dll");
 			api = new LibretroApi(dllPath, corePath);
 
 			if (api.comm->env.retro_api_version != 1)