diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d04c860a811f4b866663bf7b451e61b0fa86e21e..dece1d09e465051f0f09fa76a8475455e6820b7c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -521,6 +521,10 @@ fi
 tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -Wl,--sort-section,alignment
 tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -Wl,--sort-common
 
+# When linking shared library, drop dummy weak definitions that were
+# replaced by strong definitions from other translation units.
+tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -Wl,--gc-sections
+
 # Some patched GCC builds have these defaults messed up...
 tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -Wl,--hash-style=both