diff --git a/cc/cc.go b/cc/cc.go
index 7b19e98..ddc47ea 100644
--- a/cc/cc.go
+++ b/cc/cc.go
@@ -1225,12 +1225,18 @@
 		return
 	}
 
-	actx.AddVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{
-		{Mutator: "link", Variation: "static"},
-	}, wholeStaticDepTag, deps.WholeStaticLibs...)
-
 	syspropImplLibraries := syspropImplLibraries(actx.Config())
 
+	for _, lib := range deps.WholeStaticLibs {
+		depTag := wholeStaticDepTag
+		if impl, ok := syspropImplLibraries[lib]; ok {
+			lib = impl
+		}
+		actx.AddVariationDependencies([]blueprint.Variation{
+			{Mutator: "link", Variation: "static"},
+		}, depTag, lib)
+	}
+
 	for _, lib := range deps.StaticLibs {
 		depTag := staticDepTag
 		if inList(lib, deps.ReexportStaticLibHeaders) {