diff --git a/src/patchelf.cc b/src/patchelf.cc
index ea6c6c0..d2d7d3b 100644
--- a/src/patchelf.cc
+++ b/src/patchelf.cc
@@ -1344,6 +1344,8 @@ void ElfFile<ElfFileParamNames>::removeNeeded(const std::set<std::string> & libs
     auto shdrDynStr = findSection(".dynstr");
     char * strTab = (char *) contents + rdi(shdrDynStr.sh_offset);
 
+    unsigned int verNeedNum = 0;
+
     Elf_Dyn * dyn = (Elf_Dyn *) (contents + rdi(shdrDynamic.sh_offset));
     Elf_Dyn * last = dyn;
     for ( ; rdi(dyn->d_tag) != DT_NULL; dyn++) {
@@ -1358,9 +1360,39 @@ void ElfFile<ElfFileParamNames>::removeNeeded(const std::set<std::string> & libs
             }
         } else
             *last++ = *dyn;
+
+        if (rdi(dyn->d_tag) == DT_VERNEEDNUM)
+            verNeedNum = rdi(dyn->d_un.d_val);
     }
 
     memset(last, 0, sizeof(Elf_Dyn) * (dyn - last));
+
+    if (verNeedNum) {
+        auto shdrVersionR = findSection(".gnu.version_r");
+        Elf_Shdr & shdrVersionRStrings = shdrs[rdi(shdrVersionR.sh_link)];
+        char * verStrTab = (char *) contents + rdi(shdrVersionRStrings.sh_offset);
+        std::string versionRStringsSName = getSectionName(shdrVersionRStrings);
+
+        debug("found .gnu.version_r with %i entries, strings in %s\n", verNeedNum, versionRStringsSName.c_str());
+
+        Elf_Verneed * need = (Elf_Verneed *) (contents + rdi(shdrVersionR.sh_offset));
+        Elf_Verneed * last = need;
+
+        while (verNeedNum > 0) {
+            char * file = verStrTab + rdi(need->vn_file);
+
+            if (libs.find(file) != libs.end()) {
+                debug("removing .gnu.version_r entry for '%s'\n", file);
+                // Relative offset, so all we need to do here is punch a hole.
+                last->vn_next += need->vn_next;
+                changed = true;
+            }
+
+            last = need;
+            need = (Elf_Verneed *) (((char *) need) + rdi(need->vn_next));
+            --verNeedNum;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 template<ElfFileParams>