diff --git a/mesa-demos-as-needed.patch b/mesa-demos-as-needed.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f037f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mesa-demos-as-needed.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -up mesa-demos-8.1.0/configure.ac.jx mesa-demos-8.1.0/configure.ac
+--- mesa-demos-8.1.0/configure.ac.jx	2013-02-24 05:49:47.000000000 -0500
++++ mesa-demos-8.1.0/configure.ac	2013-03-27 14:41:42.493936005 -0400
+@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ cygwin*)
+     ;;
+ esac
+ 
++dnl i am somewhat surprised this works
++DEMO_LIBS="-Wl,--as-needed $DEMO_LIBS"
++
+ AC_SUBST([DEMO_CFLAGS])
+ AC_SUBST([DEMO_LIBS])
+ AC_SUBST([EGL_CFLAGS])