diff --git a/media-plugins/live/files/live-2009.06.02-as-needed.patch b/media-plugins/live/files/live-2009.06.02-as-needed.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-plugins/live/files/live-2009.06.02-as-needed.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+Author: Nathan Phillip Brink <ohnobinki@ohnopublishing.net>
+Purpose: To fix compilation error when using LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-needed
+Uselessness: Not needed as of live-2009.09.28.
+
+--- a/testProgs/Makefile.tail	2010-03-08 20:37:16.000000000 -0500
++++ b/testProgs/Makefile.tail	2010-03-08 20:37:27.000000000 -0500
+@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
+ GROUPSOCK_DIR = ../groupsock
+ GROUPSOCK_LIB = $(GROUPSOCK_DIR)/libgroupsock.$(LIB_SUFFIX)
+ LOCAL_LIBS =	$(LIVEMEDIA_LIB) $(GROUPSOCK_LIB) \
+-		$(USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB) $(BASIC_USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB)
++		$(BASIC_USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB) $(USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB)
+ LIBS =			$(LOCAL_LIBS) $(LIBS_FOR_CONSOLE_APPLICATION)
+ 
+ testMP3Streamer$(EXE):	$(MP3_STREAMER_OBJS) $(LOCAL_LIBS)
+
+Diff finished.  Mon Mar  8 20:37:27 2010
+--- a/mediaServer/Makefile.tail	2009-06-02 05:03:18.000000000 -0400
++++ b/mediaServer/Makefile.tail	2010-03-08 20:45:35.000000000 -0500
+@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
+ GROUPSOCK_DIR = ../groupsock
+ GROUPSOCK_LIB = $(GROUPSOCK_DIR)/libgroupsock.$(LIB_SUFFIX)
+ LOCAL_LIBS =	$(LIVEMEDIA_LIB) $(GROUPSOCK_LIB) \
+-		$(USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB) $(BASIC_USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB)
++		$(BASIC_USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB) $(USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB)
+ LIBS =			$(LOCAL_LIBS) $(LIBS_FOR_CONSOLE_APPLICATION)
+ 
+ live555MediaServer$(EXE):	$(MEDIA_SERVER_OBJS) $(LOCAL_LIBS)
+--- a/Makefile.tail	2009-06-02 05:03:18.000000000 -0400
++++ b/Makefile.tail	2010-03-08 20:48:23.000000000 -0500
+@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
+ 	cd $(USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_DIR) ; $(MAKE)
+ $(BASIC_USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB):
+ 	cd $(BASIC_USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_DIR) ; $(MAKE)
+-$(TESTPROGS_APP): $(LIVEMEDIA_LIB) $(GROUPSOCK_LIB) $(USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB) $(BASIC_USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB)
++$(TESTPROGS_APP): $(LIVEMEDIA_LIB) $(GROUPSOCK_LIB) $(BASIC_USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB) $(USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB)
+ 	cd $(TESTPROGS_DIR) ; $(MAKE)
+-$(MEDIA_SERVER_APP): $(LIVEMEDIA_LIB) $(GROUPSOCK_LIB) $(USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB) $(BASIC_USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB)
++$(MEDIA_SERVER_APP): $(LIVEMEDIA_LIB) $(GROUPSOCK_LIB) $(BASIC_USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB) $(USAGE_ENVIRONMENT_LIB)
+ 	cd $(MEDIA_SERVER_DIR) ; $(MAKE)
+ 
+ clean: