diff --git a/rust/library.go b/rust/library.go
index 8aa033c..2e51266 100644
--- a/rust/library.go
+++ b/rust/library.go
@@ -329,12 +329,21 @@
 
 	return deps
 }
+
+func (library *libraryDecorator) sharedLibFilename(ctx ModuleContext) string {
+	return library.getStem(ctx) + ctx.toolchain().SharedLibSuffix()
+}
+
 func (library *libraryDecorator) compilerFlags(ctx ModuleContext, flags Flags) Flags {
 	flags.RustFlags = append(flags.RustFlags, "-C metadata="+ctx.baseModuleName())
 	flags = library.baseCompiler.compilerFlags(ctx, flags)
 	if library.shared() || library.static() {
 		library.includeDirs = append(library.includeDirs, android.PathsForModuleSrc(ctx, library.Properties.Include_dirs)...)
 	}
+	if library.shared() {
+		flags.LinkFlags = append(flags.LinkFlags, "-Wl,-soname="+library.sharedLibFilename(ctx))
+	}
+
 	return flags
 }
 
@@ -371,7 +380,7 @@
 		outputs := TransformSrctoStatic(ctx, srcPath, deps, flags, outputFile, deps.linkDirs)
 		library.coverageFile = outputs.coverageFile
 	} else if library.shared() {
-		fileName := library.getStem(ctx) + ctx.toolchain().SharedLibSuffix()
+		fileName := library.sharedLibFilename(ctx)
 		outputFile = android.PathForModuleOut(ctx, fileName)
 
 		outputs := TransformSrctoShared(ctx, srcPath, deps, flags, outputFile, deps.linkDirs)
diff --git a/rust/library_test.go b/rust/library_test.go
index 9f9f374..37dd541 100644
--- a/rust/library_test.go
+++ b/rust/library_test.go
@@ -114,3 +114,17 @@
 			}`)
 
 }
+
+func TestSharedLibraryFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := testRust(t, `
+		rust_library_host {
+			name: "libfoo",
+			srcs: ["foo.rs"],
+			crate_name: "foo",
+		}`)
+
+	libfooShared := ctx.ModuleForTests("libfoo", "linux_glibc_x86_64_shared").Output("libfoo.so")
+	if !strings.Contains(libfooShared.Args["linkFlags"], "-Wl,-soname=libfoo.so") {
+		t.Errorf("missing expected -Wl,-soname linker flag for libfoo shared lib, linkFlags: %#v", libfooShared.Args["linkFlags"])
+	}
+}