diff --git a/cc/coverage.go b/cc/coverage.go
index c0f6973..cbd8a6f 100644
--- a/cc/coverage.go
+++ b/cc/coverage.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 func getGcovProfileLibraryName(ctx ModuleContextIntf) string {
 	// This function should only ever be called for a cc.Module, so the
 	// following statement should always succeed.
+	// LINT.IfChange
 	if ctx.useSdk() {
 		return "libprofile-extras_ndk"
 	} else {
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
 	} else {
 		return "libprofile-clang-extras"
 	}
+	// LINT.ThenChange(library.go)
 }
 
 func (cov *coverage) deps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
diff --git a/cc/library.go b/cc/library.go
index aec6433..0cdc9fa 100644
--- a/cc/library.go
+++ b/cc/library.go
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@
 	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 )
 
+var (
+	alwaysLinkLibraries = map[string]bool{
+		// Coverage libraries are _always_ added as a whole_static_dep. By converting as these as
+		// alwayslink = True, we can add these as to deps (e.g. as a regular static dep) in Bazel
+		// without any extra complications in cc_shared_library roots to prevent linking the same
+		// library repeatedly.
+		"libprofile-extras_ndk":               true,
+		"libprofile-extras":                   true,
+		"libprofile-clang-extras_ndk":         true,
+		"libprofile-clang-extras_cfi_support": true,
+		"libprofile-clang-extras":             true,
+	}
+)
+
 // LibraryProperties is a collection of properties shared by cc library rules/cc.
 type LibraryProperties struct {
 	// local file name to pass to the linker as -unexported_symbols_list
@@ -435,6 +449,10 @@
 		Bzl_load_location: "//build/bazel/rules/cc:cc_library_shared.bzl",
 	}
 
+	if _, ok := alwaysLinkLibraries[m.Name()]; ok {
+		staticTargetAttrs.Alwayslink = proptools.BoolPtr(true)
+	}
+
 	var tagsForStaticVariant bazel.StringListAttribute
 	if compilerAttrs.stubsSymbolFile == nil && len(compilerAttrs.stubsVersions.Value) == 0 {
 		tagsForStaticVariant = android.ApexAvailableTagsWithoutTestApexes(ctx, m)
@@ -2947,6 +2965,10 @@
 	var attrs interface{}
 	if isStatic {
 		commonAttrs.Deps.Add(baseAttributes.protoDependency)
+		var alwayslink *bool
+		if _, ok := alwaysLinkLibraries[module.Name()]; ok && isStatic {
+			alwayslink = proptools.BoolPtr(true)
+		}
 		attrs = &bazelCcLibraryStaticAttributes{
 			staticOrSharedAttributes: commonAttrs,
 			Rtti:                     compilerAttrs.rtti,
@@ -2960,8 +2982,10 @@
 			Conlyflags: compilerAttrs.conlyFlags,
 			Asflags:    asFlags,
 
-			Features: *features,
+			Alwayslink: alwayslink,
+			Features:   *features,
 		}
+
 	} else {
 		commonAttrs.Dynamic_deps.Add(baseAttributes.protoDependency)
 
@@ -3043,7 +3067,8 @@
 	Conlyflags bazel.StringListAttribute
 	Asflags    bazel.StringListAttribute
 
-	Features bazel.StringListAttribute
+	Alwayslink *bool
+	Features   bazel.StringListAttribute
 }
 
 // TODO(b/199902614): Can this be factored to share with the other Attributes?