diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f6a0d77..907f38b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS)
 
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
+
 %:
 	dh ${@} --buildsystem cmake --parallel