diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8aef4ba..4c5b1ba 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
 
 %:
 	dh ${@} --buildsystem cmake --parallel