diff --git a/cc/binary.go b/cc/binary.go
index 14f93e9..5ba33a2 100644
--- a/cc/binary.go
+++ b/cc/binary.go
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@
 		baseAttrs.implementationDeps.Add(baseAttrs.protoDependency)
 	}
 
+	// binaries don't have implementation_whole_archive_deps
+	baseAttrs.wholeArchiveDeps.Append(baseAttrs.implementationWholeArchiveDeps)
+
 	attrs := binaryAttributes{
 		binaryLinkerAttrs: binaryLinkerAttrs,