diff --git a/rust/rust.go b/rust/rust.go
index 8ebdb72..99ff028 100644
--- a/rust/rust.go
+++ b/rust/rust.go
@@ -269,14 +269,15 @@
 }
 
 type Deps struct {
-	Dylibs     []string
-	Rlibs      []string
-	Rustlibs   []string
-	Stdlibs    []string
-	ProcMacros []string
-	SharedLibs []string
-	StaticLibs []string
-	HeaderLibs []string
+	Dylibs          []string
+	Rlibs           []string
+	Rustlibs        []string
+	Stdlibs         []string
+	ProcMacros      []string
+	SharedLibs      []string
+	StaticLibs      []string
+	WholeStaticLibs []string
+	HeaderLibs      []string
 
 	CrtBegin, CrtEnd string
 }
@@ -751,7 +752,7 @@
 	deps.ProcMacros = android.LastUniqueStrings(deps.ProcMacros)
 	deps.SharedLibs = android.LastUniqueStrings(deps.SharedLibs)
 	deps.StaticLibs = android.LastUniqueStrings(deps.StaticLibs)
-
+	deps.WholeStaticLibs = android.LastUniqueStrings(deps.WholeStaticLibs)
 	return deps
 
 }
@@ -911,16 +912,13 @@
 			exportDep := false
 			switch {
 			case cc.IsStaticDepTag(depTag):
-				// Only pass -lstatic for rlibs as it results in dylib bloat.
-				if lib, ok := ctx.Module().(*Module).compiler.(libraryInterface); ok && lib.rlib() {
-					// Link cc static libraries using "-lstatic" so rustc can reason about how to handle these
-					// (for example, bundling them into rlibs).
-					//
-					// rustc does not support linking libraries with the "-l" flag unless they are prefixed by "lib".
-					// If we need to link a library that isn't prefixed by "lib", we'll just link to it directly through
-					// linkObjects; such a library may need to be redeclared by static dependents.
+				if cc.IsWholeStaticLib(depTag) {
+					// rustc will bundle static libraries when they're passed with "-lstatic=<lib>". This will fail
+					// if the library is not prefixed by "lib".
 					if libName, ok := libNameFromFilePath(linkObject.Path()); ok {
 						depPaths.depFlags = append(depPaths.depFlags, "-lstatic="+libName)
+					} else {
+						ctx.ModuleErrorf("'%q' cannot be listed as a whole_static_library in Rust modules unless the output is prefixed by 'lib'", depName, ctx.ModuleName())
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -1099,7 +1097,10 @@
 		cc.SharedDepTag(), deps.SharedLibs...)
 	actx.AddVariationDependencies(append(commonDepVariations,
 		blueprint.Variation{Mutator: "link", Variation: "static"}),
-		cc.StaticDepTag(), deps.StaticLibs...)
+		cc.StaticDepTag(false), deps.StaticLibs...)
+	actx.AddVariationDependencies(append(commonDepVariations,
+		blueprint.Variation{Mutator: "link", Variation: "static"}),
+		cc.StaticDepTag(true), deps.WholeStaticLibs...)
 
 	actx.AddVariationDependencies(nil, cc.HeaderDepTag(), deps.HeaderLibs...)