Symbol lookup error: undefined symbol atexit (linux/C)

I get the error Symbol lookup error: undefined symbol atexit (linux/C) when I try to run my program. atexit() should be defined in <stdlib.h>.

Is there anything I could add to the -l option when I compile it with gcc? Or anything else I could do? This is in C.

I am trying to write a shared object where I call atexit once. I also define the corresponding function like explained.

$ LD_PRELOAD=mymal.so /bin/ls 
/bin/ls: symbol lookup error: ./mymal.so: undefined symbol: atexit

I don't get a error after compilation, just when I try to execute it.

I build the shared library with the commands (source):

gcc -fPIC -c -ldl mymal.c
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solved: it worked with g++ instead of gcc.

The function is called atexit, not Atexit.