--- ltmain.sh.orig	2009-04-18 16:51:52.000000000 +0200
+++ ltmain.sh	2009-04-18 16:55:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -1812,10 +1812,15 @@
 	done
 	IFS="$save_ifs"
 	arg=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e "s/^ //"`
 	;;
 
+      -Wl,--as-needed|-Wl,--no-as-needed)
+	deplibs="$deplibs $arg"
+	continue
+	;;
+
       -Wl,*)
 	args=`$echo "X$arg" | $Xsed -e "$sed_quote_subst" -e 's/^-Wl,//'`
 	arg=
 	save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS=','
 	for flag in $args; do
@@ -2152,10 +2157,19 @@
       fi
       for deplib in $libs; do
 	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 $deplibs"
+	  fi
+	  continue
+	  ;;
 	-mt|-mthreads|-kthread|-Kthread|-pthread|-pthreads|--thread-safe|-threads)
 	  if test "$linkmode,$pass" = "prog,link"; then
 	    compile_deplibs="$deplib $compile_deplibs"
 	    finalize_deplibs="$deplib $finalize_deplibs"
 	  else