diff --git a/src/ccall.cpp b/src/ccall.cpp
index 6c937b8e68441..03b539e70a378 100644
--- a/src/ccall.cpp
+++ b/src/ccall.cpp
@@ -614,6 +614,8 @@ static void interpret_symbol_arg(jl_codectx_t &ctx, native_sym_arg_t &out, jl_va
         jl_cgval_t arg1 = emit_expr(ctx, arg);
         jl_value_t *ptr_ty = arg1.typ;
         if (!jl_is_cpointer_type(ptr_ty)) {
+            if (!ccall)
+                return;
             const char *errmsg = invalid_symbol_err_msg(ccall);
             emit_cpointercheck(ctx, arg1, errmsg);
         }
@@ -703,14 +705,6 @@ static jl_cgval_t emit_cglobal(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_value_t **args, size_t narg
 
     interpret_symbol_arg(ctx, sym, args[1], /*ccall=*/false, false);
 
-    if (sym.f_name == NULL && sym.fptr == NULL && sym.jl_ptr == NULL && sym.gcroot != NULL) {
-        const char *errmsg = invalid_symbol_err_msg(/*ccall=*/false);
-        jl_cgval_t arg1 = emit_expr(ctx, args[1]);
-        emit_type_error(ctx, arg1, literal_pointer_val(ctx, (jl_value_t *)jl_pointer_type), errmsg);
-        JL_GC_POP();
-        return jl_cgval_t();
-    }
-
     if (sym.jl_ptr != NULL) {
         res = sym.jl_ptr;
     }
@@ -719,13 +713,21 @@ static jl_cgval_t emit_cglobal(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_value_t **args, size_t narg
         if (ctx.emission_context.imaging_mode)
             jl_printf(JL_STDERR,"WARNING: literal address used in cglobal for %s; code cannot be statically compiled\n", sym.f_name);
     }
-    else {
+    else if (sym.f_name != NULL) {
         if (sym.lib_expr) {
             res = runtime_sym_lookup(ctx, getPointerTy(ctx.builder.getContext()), NULL, sym.lib_expr, sym.f_name, ctx.f);
         }
         else /*if (ctx.emission_context.imaging) */{
             res = runtime_sym_lookup(ctx, getPointerTy(ctx.builder.getContext()), sym.f_lib, NULL, sym.f_name, ctx.f);
         }
+    } else {
+        // Fall back to runtime intrinsic
+        JL_GC_POP();
+        jl_cgval_t argv[2];
+        argv[0] = emit_expr(ctx, args[1]);
+        if (nargs == 2)
+            argv[1] = emit_expr(ctx, args[2]);
+        return emit_runtime_call(ctx, nargs == 1 ? JL_I::cglobal_auto : JL_I::cglobal, argv, nargs);
     }
 
     JL_GC_POP();
diff --git a/test/ccall.jl b/test/ccall.jl
index 8b1fefdfc66e4..be0f2d3dfdebd 100644
--- a/test/ccall.jl
+++ b/test/ccall.jl
@@ -1937,3 +1937,14 @@ end
 
 # issue #52025
 @test Base.unsafe_convert(Ptr{Ptr{Cchar}}, Base.cconvert(Ptr{Ptr{Cchar}}, map(pointer, ["ab"]))) isa Ptr{Ptr{Cchar}}
+
+# Cglobal with non-static symbols doesn't error
+function cglobal_non_static1()
+    sym = (:global_var, libccalltest)
+    cglobal(sym)
+end
+global the_sym = (:global_var, libccalltest)
+cglobal_non_static2() = cglobal(the_sym)
+
+@test isa(cglobal_non_static1(), Ptr)
+@test isa(cglobal_non_static2(), Ptr)