diff -Nur -x '*.orig' -x '*~' metacity-2.27.1/ltmain.sh metacity-2.27.1.new/ltmain.sh
--- metacity-2.27.1/ltmain.sh	2009-09-09 06:57:01.000000000 +1000
+++ metacity-2.27.1.new/ltmain.sh	2009-09-10 16:47:28.000000000 +1000
@@ -4715,6 +4715,11 @@
 	func_stripname ' ' '' "$arg"
 	arg=$func_stripname_result
 	;;
+        
+       -Wl,--as-needed)
+        deplibs="$deplibs $arg"
+        continue
+        ;;
 
       -Wl,*)
 	func_stripname '-Wl,' '' "$arg"
@@ -5070,6 +5075,15 @@
 	lib=
 	found=no
 	case $deplib in
+        -Wl,--as-needed)
+          if test "$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"