--- parted-1.8.6/configure.ac.pix	2007-03-20 18:24:48.000000000 +0100
+++ parted-1.8.6/configure.ac	2007-04-20 12:39:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@
 if test "$with_readline" = yes; then
 	OLD_LIBS="$LIBS"
 	LIBS="$LIBS $PARTED_LIBS"
+	OLD_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+	LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed 's/-Wl,--as-needed//'`
 	AC_CHECK_LIB(readline, readline,
 		PARTED_LIBS="-lreadline $PARTED_LIBS"
 		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBREADLINE, 1, [have readline]),
@@ -325,6 +327,7 @@
 		$PARTED_LIBS
 	)
  	LIBS="$OLD_LIBS"
+ 	LDFLAGS="$OLD_LDFLAGS"
 fi
 
 AC_SUBST(PARTED_LIBS)