diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index bad382aa8..880028f87 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -1927,6 +1927,10 @@ func (a *apexBundle) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 						filesInfo = append(filesInfo, af)
 						return true // track transitive dependencies
 					}
+				} else if rust.IsRlibDepTag(depTag) {
+					// Rlib is statically linked, but it might have shared lib
+					// dependencies. Track them.
+					return true
 				} else if java.IsbootImageContentDepTag(depTag) {
 					// Add the contents of the boot image to the apex.
 					switch child.(type) {
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index bdff41e6d..c85ea962f 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -392,6 +392,15 @@ func TestBasicApex(t *testing.T) {
 			srcs: ["foo.rs"],
 			crate_name: "foo",
 			apex_available: ["myapex"],
+			shared_libs: ["libfoo.shared_from_rust"],
+		}
+
+		cc_library_shared {
+			name: "libfoo.shared_from_rust",
+			srcs: ["mylib.cpp"],
+			system_shared_libs: [],
+			stl: "none",
+			apex_available: ["myapex"],
 		}
 
 		rust_library_dylib {
@@ -539,6 +548,7 @@ func TestBasicApex(t *testing.T) {
 	ensureListContains(t, ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("libfoo.rlib.rust"), "android_arm64_armv8-a_rlib_dylib-std_apex10000")
 	ensureListContains(t, ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("libfoo.dylib.rust"), "android_arm64_armv8-a_dylib_apex10000")
 	ensureListContains(t, ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("libbar.ffi"), "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_apex10000")
+	ensureListContains(t, ctx.ModuleVariantsForTests("libfoo.shared_from_rust"), "android_arm64_armv8-a_shared_apex10000")
 
 	// Ensure that both direct and indirect deps are copied into apex
 	ensureContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/lib64/mylib.so")
@@ -548,6 +558,7 @@ func TestBasicApex(t *testing.T) {
 	ensureContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/lib64/libfoo.dylib.rust.dylib.so")
 	ensureContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/lib64/libfoo.ffi.so")
 	ensureContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/lib64/libbar.ffi.so")
+	ensureContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/lib64/libfoo.shared_from_rust.so")
 	// .. but not for java libs
 	ensureNotContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/javalib/myotherjar.jar")
 	ensureNotContains(t, copyCmds, "image.apex/javalib/msharedjar.jar")
diff --git a/rust/rust.go b/rust/rust.go
index 566ad3787..34e197a07 100644
--- a/rust/rust.go
+++ b/rust/rust.go
@@ -798,6 +798,11 @@ func IsDylibDepTag(depTag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
 	return ok && tag == dylibDepTag
 }
 
+func IsRlibDepTag(depTag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
+	tag, ok := depTag.(dependencyTag)
+	return ok && tag == rlibDepTag
+}
+
 type autoDep struct {
 	variation string
 	depTag    dependencyTag