diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 12a6054b83..8e360d9316 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR='$(SLIBPREF)$(NAME)-$(LIBMAJOR)$(SLIBSUF)'
 SHFLAGS='-shared -Wl,--out-implib=lib$(NAME).dll.a'
 ;;
 Linux)
+check_ldflags '-Wl,--as-needed'
 ;;
 IRIX*)
 targetos=IRIX
@@ -1518,7 +1519,7 @@ check_cflags -Wredundant-decls
 check_cflags -Winline
 
 # add some linker flags
-check_ldflags '-Wl,--as-needed' '-Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavcodec' '-Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavformat' '-Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavutil'
+check_ldflags '-Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavcodec' '-Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavformat' '-Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavutil'
 
 # not all compilers support -Os
 test "$optimize" = "small" && check_cflags -Os