diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
index a17d081b503..6a73c4657ce 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2012-03-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* config/default.exp: Update copyright date.
+	* ld-elf/shared.exp: Pass --no-as-needed to various tests linking
+	shared libs.
+	* ld-elfvers/vers.exp: Likewise.
+
 2012-03-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR ld/13839
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp b/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp
index cd79236a6f1..bba48d74161 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Basic expect script for LD Regression Tests
 #   Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
-#   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#   2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is part of the GNU Binutils.
 #
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
index 9cd0221ccb9..f39bf0f0c41 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Expect script for various ELF tests.
-#   Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#   Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
+#   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is part of the GNU Binutils.
 #
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ set build_tests {
    "-shared" "-fPIC"
    {pr13250-1.c} {} "libpr13250-1.so"}
   {"Build pr13250-2.so with libpr13250-1.so"
-   "-shared tmpdir/libpr13250-1.so" "-fPIC"
+   "-shared -Wl,--no-as-needed tmpdir/libpr13250-1.so" "-fPIC"
    {pr13250-2.c} {} "libpr13250-2.so"}
   {"Build libpr13250-3.o"
    "-r -nostdlib" ""
@@ -325,14 +326,14 @@ set build_cxx_tests {
 
 set run_cxx_tests {
     {"Run with libdl3a.so"
-     "tmpdir/libdl3a.so" ""
+     "-Wl,--no-as-needed tmpdir/libdl3a.so" ""
      {dl3main.cc} "dl3a" "dl3a.out" "" "c++"}
 # "-shared -Bsymbolic" only works with gcc 4.5.0 and newer.
 #    {"Run with libdl3b.so"
 #     "tmpdir/libdl3b.so" ""
 #     {dl3main.cc} "dl3b" "dl3b.out" "" "c++"}
     {"Run with libdl3c.so"
-     "tmpdir/libdl3c.so" ""
+     "-Wl,--no-as-needed tmpdir/libdl3c.so" ""
      {dl3main.cc} "dl3c" "dl3a.out" "" "c++"}
     {"Run with libnew1a.so"
      "tmpdir/libnew1a.so" ""
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elfvers/vers.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-elfvers/vers.exp
index b8fefb6eae5..c770c6fce9a 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elfvers/vers.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elfvers/vers.exp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Expect script for ld-version tests
 #   Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
-#   2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#   2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is part of the GNU Binutils.
 #
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ test_strip_vers_lib "vers14" vers1.so vers14 vers1.ver vers1.dsym
 # try and override something from the library, and we shouldn't get
 # any errors.
 #
-build_exec "vers15" vers15.c vers15 "" vers1.so vers15.ver vers15.dsym vers15.sym
+build_exec "vers15" vers15.c vers15 "-Wl,--no-as-needed" vers1.so vers15.ver vers15.dsym vers15.sym
 
 #
 # Test that when we override a versioned symbol from the library this