diff --git a/host_applications/android/apps/vidtex/CMakeLists.txt b/host_applications/android/apps/vidtex/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f705efb3..6d66d6957 100644
--- a/host_applications/android/apps/vidtex/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/host_applications/android/apps/vidtex/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 SET(COMPILE_DEFINITIONS -Werror -Wall)
+
+# Set --no-as-needed to stop the linker discarding mmal_vc_client
+# as it can't see that the constructor registers a load of functionality
+# with the MMAL core.
+SET( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--no-as-needed" )
+
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/host_applications/linux/libs/bcm_host/include)
 
 set (VIDTEX_SOURCES
diff --git a/host_applications/linux/apps/hello_pi/hello_mmal_encode/Makefile b/host_applications/linux/apps/hello_pi/hello_mmal_encode/Makefile
index 98f83f6af..e15aeb3be 100644
--- a/host_applications/linux/apps/hello_pi/hello_mmal_encode/Makefile
+++ b/host_applications/linux/apps/hello_pi/hello_mmal_encode/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 OBJS=mmal_encode.o
 BIN=hello_mmal_encode.bin
 LDFLAGS+=-lmmal -lmmal_core -lmmal_components -lmmal_util -lmmal_vc_client
+# Set --no-as-needed to stop the linker discarding mmal_vc_client
+# as it can't see that the constructor registers a load of functionality
+# with the MMAL core.
+LDFLAGS+=-Wl,--no-as-needed
 
 include ../Makefile.include
 
diff --git a/host_applications/linux/apps/raspicam/CMakeLists.txt b/host_applications/linux/apps/raspicam/CMakeLists.txt
index e6aa6b8dd..019322eb4 100644
--- a/host_applications/linux/apps/raspicam/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/host_applications/linux/apps/raspicam/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 
 SET(COMPILE_DEFINITIONS -Werror)
 
+# Set --no-as-needed to stop the linker discarding mmal_vc_client
+# as it can't see that the constructor registers a load of functionality
+# with the MMAL core.
+SET( CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--no-as-needed" )
+
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/host_applications/linux/libs/bcm_host/include)
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/host_applications/linux/apps/raspicam/)
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/host_applications/linux/libs/sm)