diff --git a/pommed.changes b/pommed.changes
index 1775706..9924b35 100644
--- a/pommed.changes
+++ b/pommed.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun 19 10:35:46 CEST 2009 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- disable as-needed for this package as it fails to build with it
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 25 00:15:03 CEST 2009 - ro@suse.de
 
diff --git a/pommed.spec b/pommed.spec
index 858384a..0144b44 100644
--- a/pommed.spec
+++ b/pommed.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Summary:        Apple laptops hotkeys event handler
 License:        GPL v2 only
 Group:          Hardware/Mobile
 Version:        1.26
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 Url:            http://technologeek.org/projects/pommed/
 %if 0
 # BuildRequires some package containing /usr/include/ofapi/of_api.h
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ Authors:
 %patch4
 
 %build
+# This package failed when testing with -Wl,-as-needed being default.
+# So we disable it here, if you want to retest, just delete this comment and the line below.
+export SUSE_ASNEEDED=0
 export CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS"
 make %{?jobs:-j%jobs}
 
@@ -208,6 +211,8 @@ rm -rf %buildroot
 %_mandir/man1/wmpo*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jun 19 2009 coolo@novell.com
+- disable as-needed for this package as it fails to build with it
 * Mon May 25 2009 ro@suse.de
 - update to 1.26
   - pommed: only keystrokes on the built-in keyboard should reset