diff --git a/rust/compiler.go b/rust/compiler.go
index 200af90..41b7371 100644
--- a/rust/compiler.go
+++ b/rust/compiler.go
@@ -97,13 +97,25 @@
 	// list of C shared library dependencies
 	Shared_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
-	// list of C static library dependencies. Note, static libraries prefixed by "lib" will be passed to rustc
-	// along with "-lstatic=<name>". This will bundle the static library into rlib/static libraries so dependents do
-	// not need to also declare the static library as a dependency. Static libraries which are not prefixed by "lib"
-	// cannot be passed to rustc with this flag and will not be bundled into rlib/static libraries, and thus must
-	// be redeclared in dependents.
+	// list of C static library dependencies. These dependencies do not normally propagate to dependents
+	// and may need to be redeclared. See whole_static_libs for bundling static dependencies into a library.
 	Static_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 
+	// Similar to static_libs, but will bundle the static library dependency into a library. This is helpful
+	// to avoid having to redeclare the dependency for dependents of this library, but in some cases may also
+	// result in bloat if multiple dependencies all include the same static library whole.
+	//
+	// The common use case for this is when the static library is unlikely to be a dependency of other modules to avoid
+	// having to redeclare the static library dependency for every dependent module.
+	// If you are not sure what to, for rust_library modules most static dependencies should go in static_libraries,
+	// and for rust_ffi modules most static dependencies should go into whole_static_libraries.
+	//
+	// For rust_ffi static variants, these libraries will be included in the resulting static library archive.
+	//
+	// For rust_library rlib variants, these libraries will be bundled into the resulting rlib library. This will
+	// include all of the static libraries symbols in any dylibs or binaries which use this rlib as well.
+	Whole_static_libs []string `android:"arch_variant"`
+
 	// crate name, required for modules which produce Rust libraries: rust_library, rust_ffi and SourceProvider
 	// modules which create library variants (rust_bindgen). This must be the expected extern crate name used in
 	// source, and is required to conform to an enforced format matching library output files (if the output file is
@@ -266,6 +278,7 @@
 	deps.Rustlibs = append(deps.Rustlibs, compiler.Properties.Rustlibs...)
 	deps.ProcMacros = append(deps.ProcMacros, compiler.Properties.Proc_macros...)
 	deps.StaticLibs = append(deps.StaticLibs, compiler.Properties.Static_libs...)
+	deps.WholeStaticLibs = append(deps.WholeStaticLibs, compiler.Properties.Whole_static_libs...)
 	deps.SharedLibs = append(deps.SharedLibs, compiler.Properties.Shared_libs...)
 
 	if !Bool(compiler.Properties.No_stdlibs) {