diff --git a/rust/config/global.go b/rust/config/global.go
index 88949386c..2d1f0c1f9 100644
--- a/rust/config/global.go
+++ b/rust/config/global.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func init() {
 
 	pctx.ImportAs("cc_config", "android/soong/cc/config")
 	pctx.StaticVariable("RustLinker", "${cc_config.ClangBin}/clang++")
-	pctx.StaticVariable("RustLinkerArgs", "")
+	pctx.StaticVariable("RustLinkerArgs", "-Wl,--as-needed")
 
 	pctx.StaticVariable("DeviceGlobalLinkFlags", strings.Join(deviceGlobalLinkFlags, " "))