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])
