diff --git a/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk b/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk
index 000ec1c1ef..330c7b4610 100644
--- a/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk
+++ b/package/mesa3d/mesa3d.mk
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ MESA3D_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dpower8=false \
 	-Dvalgrind=false
 
+# Codesourcery ARM 2014.05 fail to link libmesa_dri_drivers.so with --as-needed linker
+# flag due to a linker bug between binutils 2.24 and 2.25 (2.24.51.20140217).
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_ARM),y)
+MESA3D_CONF_OPTS += -Db_asneeded=false
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_LLVM),y)
 MESA3D_DEPENDENCIES += host-llvm llvm
 MESA3D_MESON_EXTRA_BINARIES += llvm-config='$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/llvm-config'