diff --git a/runtime/cmake/LibompHandleFlags.cmake.old b/runtime/cmake/LibompHandleFlags.cmake
index 4bdbf8f..a411119 100644
--- a/runtime/cmake/LibompHandleFlags.cmake.old
+++ b/runtime/cmake/LibompHandleFlags.cmake
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ function(libomp_get_libflags libflags)
   if(${IA32})
     libomp_append(libflags_local -lirc_pic LIBOMP_HAVE_IRC_PIC_LIBRARY)
   endif()
+  IF(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
+  libomp_append(libflags_local "-Wl,--no-as-needed" LIBOMP_HAVE_AS_NEEDED_FLAG)
+  libomp_append(libflags_local -lm)
+  libomp_append(libflags_local "-Wl,--as-needed" LIBOMP_HAVE_AS_NEEDED_FLAG)
+  ENDIF(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
   IF(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "NetBSD")
     libomp_append(libflags_local -lm)
   ENDIF(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "NetBSD")