Index: ELF/SymbolTable.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/SymbolTable.cpp
+++ ELF/SymbolTable.cpp
@@ -503,7 +503,8 @@
                                 Alignment, VerdefIndex);
     if (!WasInserted) {
       S->Binding = Binding;
-      if (!S->isWeak() && !Config->GcSections && WasUndefined)
+      if (!S->isWeak() && S->IsUsedInRegularObj && !Config->GcSections &&
+          WasUndefined)
         File.IsNeeded = true;
     }
   }
Index: test/ELF/as-needed-not-in-regular.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/ELF/as-needed-not-in-regular.s
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+
+# RUN: echo '.globl a; .type a, @function; a: ret' | \
+# RUN:   llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux - -o %ta.o
+# RUN: ld.lld %ta.o --shared --soname=a.so -o %ta.so
+
+# RUN: echo '.globl b; .type b, @function; b: jmp a@PLT' | \
+# RUN:   llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux - -o %tb.o
+# RUN: ld.lld %tb.o %ta.so --shared --soname=b.so -o %tb.so
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: ld.lld %t.o %tb.so --as-needed %ta.so -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -d %t | FileCheck %s
+
+# The symbol a is not referenced by a regular object.
+# CHECK-NOT: a.so
+
+.global _start
+_start:
+  jmp b@PLT