diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
index 957f5081f67..2862f65f9f3 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
@@ -2378,6 +2378,7 @@ func elfadddynsym(ldr *loader.Loader, target *Target, syms *ArchSyms, s loader.S
 		if target.Arch.Family == sys.AMD64 && !cgoeDynamic && dil != "" && !seenlib[dil] {
 			du := ldr.MakeSymbolUpdater(syms.Dynamic)
 			Elfwritedynent(target.Arch, du, DT_NEEDED, uint64(dstru.Addstring(dil)))
+			seenlib[dil] = true
 		}
 	} else {
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf_test.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf_test.go
index 8e86beb1ec7..37f0e77336b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -77,3 +78,57 @@ func main() {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected sh info, want greater than 0, got: %d", section.Info)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNoDuplicateNeededEntries(t *testing.T) {
+	testenv.MustHaveGoBuild(t)
+	testenv.MustHaveCGO(t)
+
+	// run this test on just a small set of platforms (no need to test it
+	// across the board given the nature of the test).
+	pair := runtime.GOOS + "-" + runtime.GOARCH
+	switch pair {
+	case "linux-amd64", "freebsd-amd64", "openbsd-amd64":
+	default:
+		t.Skip("no need for test on " + pair)
+	}
+
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "no-dup-needed")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create temp dir: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
+
+	wd, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to get working directory: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	path := filepath.Join(dir, "x")
+	argv := []string{"build", "-o", path, filepath.Join(wd, "testdata", "issue39256")}
+	out, err := exec.Command(testenv.GoToolPath(t), argv...).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Build failure: %s\n%s\n", err, string(out))
+	}
+
+	f, err := elf.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to open ELF file: %v", err)
+	}
+	libs, err := f.ImportedLibraries()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to read imported libraries: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var count int
+	for _, lib := range libs {
+		if lib == "libc.so" {
+			count++
+		}
+	}
+
+	if got, want := count, 1; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Got %d entries for `libc.so`, want %d", got, want)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/testdata/issue39256/x.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/testdata/issue39256/x.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8562ad1720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/testdata/issue39256/x.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	_ "unsafe"
+)
+
+//go:cgo_import_dynamic libc_getpid getpid "libc.so"
+//go:cgo_import_dynamic libc_kill kill "libc.so"
+//go:cgo_import_dynamic libc_close close "libc.so"
+//go:cgo_import_dynamic libc_open open "libc.so"
+
+func trampoline()
+
+func main() {
+	trampoline()
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/testdata/issue39256/x.s b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/testdata/issue39256/x.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41a54b2e043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/testdata/issue39256/x.s
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+TEXT ·trampoline(SB),0,$0
+	CALL	libc_getpid(SB)
+	CALL	libc_kill(SB)
+	CALL	libc_open(SB)
+	CALL	libc_close(SB)
+	RET