diff -Nur ghc-7.4.1/aclocal.m4 ghc-7.4.1-suse-as-needed/aclocal.m4
--- ghc-7.4.1/aclocal.m4	2012-02-01 19:10:32.000000000 +0100
+++ ghc-7.4.1-suse-as-needed/aclocal.m4	2012-04-07 14:52:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -434,6 +434,9 @@
         $4="$$4     $LdReduceMemoryOverheads"
     fi
 
+    $3="$$3 -Wl,--no-as-needed"
+    $4="$$4     --no-as-needed"
+
     rm -f conftest.c conftest.o
     AC_MSG_RESULT([done])
 ])