diff --git a/reactos/dll/ntdll/CMakeLists.txt b/reactos/dll/ntdll/CMakeLists.txt
index 8a7f11b1004..afa15fd2c24 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/ntdll/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reactos/dll/ntdll/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ add_library(ntdll SHARED
     def/ntdll.rc
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ntdll.def)
 
-set_module_type(ntdll win32dll ENTRYPOINT 0)
+set_module_type(ntdll win32dll HOTPATCHABLE ENTRYPOINT 0)
 #############################################
 ## HACK FOR MSVC COMPILATION WITH win32dll ##
 set_subsystem(ntdll console)
diff --git a/reactos/dll/ntdll/ldr/ldrapi.c b/reactos/dll/ntdll/ldr/ldrapi.c
index a7b25f032d4..a6af75f230e 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/ntdll/ldr/ldrapi.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/ntdll/ldr/ldrapi.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ LdrLockLoaderLock(IN ULONG Flags,
  */
 NTSTATUS
 NTAPI
+DECLSPEC_HOTPATCH
 LdrLoadDll(IN PWSTR SearchPath OPTIONAL,
            IN PULONG DllCharacteristics OPTIONAL,
            IN PUNICODE_STRING DllName,