diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index c31f34fb..d11badcb 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh -xu
 
-autoreconf -i
\ No newline at end of file
+autoreconf -i
+(cd build-aux && patch -Np0 -i ltmain-asneeded.patch)
diff --git a/build-aux/.gitignore b/build-aux/.gitignore
index f59ec20a..3ec659c2 100644
--- a/build-aux/.gitignore
+++ b/build-aux/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-*
\ No newline at end of file
+*
+!ltmain-asneeded.patch
diff --git a/build-aux/ltmain-asneeded.patch b/build-aux/ltmain-asneeded.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af5ae6b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-aux/ltmain-asneeded.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- ltmain.sh.orig	2013-06-26 14:31:53.472627840 +1000
++++ ltmain.sh	2013-06-26 14:30:56.137038936 +1000
+@@ -5800,6 +5800,14 @@
+ 	arg=$func_stripname_result
+ 	;;
+ 
++      -Wl,*--as-needed*)
++	deplibs="$deplibs $wl--as-needed"
++	;;
++
++      -Wl,*--no-as-needed*)
++	deplibs="$deplibs $wl--no-as-needed"
++	;;
++
+       -Wl,*)
+ 	func_stripname '-Wl,' '' "$arg"
+ 	args=$func_stripname_result
+@@ -6160,6 +6168,15 @@
+ 	lib=
+ 	found=no
+ 	case $deplib in
++	-Wl,--as-needed|-Wl,--no-as-needed)
++	  if test "$linkmode,$pass" = "prog,link"; then
++	    compile_deplibs="$deplib $compile_deplibs"
++	    finalize_deplibs="$deplib $finalize_deplibs"
++	  else
++	    deplibs="$deplib $deplibs"
++	  fi
++	  continue
++	  ;;
+ 	-mt|-mthreads|-kthread|-Kthread|-pthread|-pthreads|--thread-safe \
+         |-threads|-fopenmp|-openmp|-mp|-xopenmp|-omp|-qsmp=*)
+ 	  if test "$linkmode,$pass" = "prog,link"; then