diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index daacec11b..962fcceff 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ type BaseLinkerProperties struct {
 			// variant of the C/C++ module.
 			Shared_libs []string
 
+			// list of static libs that only should be used to build the recovery
+			// variant of the C/C++ module.
+			Static_libs []string
+
 			// list of shared libs that should not be used to build
 			// the recovery variant of the C/C++ module.
 			Exclude_shared_libs []string
@@ -211,6 +215,7 @@ func (linker *baseLinker) linkerDeps(ctx DepsContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 		deps.SharedLibs = append(deps.SharedLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Shared_libs...)
 		deps.SharedLibs = removeListFromList(deps.SharedLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_shared_libs)
 		deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders = removeListFromList(deps.ReexportSharedLibHeaders, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_shared_libs)
+		deps.StaticLibs = append(deps.StaticLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Static_libs...)
 		deps.StaticLibs = removeListFromList(deps.StaticLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_static_libs)
 		deps.HeaderLibs = removeListFromList(deps.HeaderLibs, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_header_libs)
 		deps.ReexportHeaderLibHeaders = removeListFromList(deps.ReexportHeaderLibHeaders, linker.Properties.Target.Recovery.Exclude_header_libs)