--- mmseq_0.9.18/src/Makefile	2011-12-16 14:44:46.000000000 +0000
+++ mmseq_0.9.18.new/src/Makefile	2012-01-11 15:03:03.091319510 +0000
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@

 CC = gcc
 CXX = g++
-LIBS = -lgsl -lgslcblas -lboost_regex -lbam -lboost_iostreams -lz -llapack -lblas -lgfortran
+LIBS = -lgsl -lgslcblas -lboost_regex -lbam -lboost_iostreams -llapack -lblas -lgfortran -Wl,--as-needed -lz
 OMP = -fopenmp
 OPT = -O3
 OPTSAFE = -O2