diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index e8bb9b7..58faa68 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -2490,11 +2490,17 @@
 
 // checkStaticExecutable ensures that executables in an APEX are not static.
 func (a *apexBundle) checkStaticExecutables(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
+	// No need to run this for host APEXes
+	if ctx.Host() {
+		return
+	}
+
 	ctx.VisitDirectDepsBlueprint(func(module blueprint.Module) {
 		if ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(module) != executableTag {
 			return
 		}
-		if cc, ok := module.(*cc.Module); ok && cc.StaticExecutable() {
+
+		if l, ok := module.(cc.LinkableInterface); ok && l.StaticExecutable() {
 			apex := a.ApexVariationName()
 			exec := ctx.OtherModuleName(module)
 			if isStaticExecutableAllowed(apex, exec) {
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 1645c99..41bfcea 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -8208,6 +8208,30 @@
 			system_shared_libs: [],
 			stl: "none",
 			apex_available: [ "myapex" ],
+			min_sdk_version: "29",
+		}
+	`)
+
+	testApexError(t, `executable mybin.rust is static`, `
+		apex {
+			name: "myapex",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			binaries: ["mybin.rust"],
+			min_sdk_version: "29",
+		}
+
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+
+		rust_binary {
+			name: "mybin.rust",
+			srcs: ["foo.rs"],
+			static_executable: true,
+			apex_available: ["myapex"],
+			min_sdk_version: "29",
 		}
 	`)
 }