diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ab5e089..bfb0a68 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,12 +84,13 @@ endif (WINDOWS)
 # Set up links to all relevant libraries.
 SET(_LIBRARYLINKS Arbutils)
 if (NOT WINDOWS)
-    set(_LIBRARYLINKS ${_LIBRARYLINKS} -ldw)
+    set(_LIBRARYLINKS ${_LIBRARYLINKS} -lbfd -ldl)
 endif ()
 
 # If we need to link the C libraries statically, do so.
 if (STATICC)
     message(STATUS "Linking C statically.")
+    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--as-needed")
     SET(_LIBRARYLINKS ${_LIBRARYLINKS} -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -Wl,-Bstatic -lstdc++ -lpthread)
 endif ()