diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 01f5772..7b03b37 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all
 DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
 include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
 export DEB_CFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = $(CPPFLAGS)
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
 
 %:
 	dh $@