diff --git a/srcpkgs/ettercap/template b/srcpkgs/ettercap/template
index 07dee557bfb..dc4acb64389 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ettercap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ettercap/template
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://ettercap.github.com/ettercap/"
 update_site="http://ettercap.github.io/ettercap/downloads.html"
 
-LDFLAGS="-ldl"
+LDFLAGS="-ldl -Wl,--no-as-needed"
 
 do_fetch() {
 	git clone -b v${version} git://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap.git ${pkgname}-${version}