diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index bef546558..a384fdee0 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all reproducible=+all
 # see ENVIRONMENT in dpkg-buildflags(1)
 # package maintainers to append LDFLAGS
 # Not needed on Bullseye and newer
-#export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
+export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed
 
 include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk