diff --git a/rust/rust.go b/rust/rust.go
index e1af77692..0b733cc35 100644
--- a/rust/rust.go
+++ b/rust/rust.go
@@ -896,14 +896,17 @@ func (mod *Module) depsToPaths(ctx android.ModuleContext) PathDeps {
 			exportDep := false
 			switch {
 			case cc.IsStaticDepTag(depTag):
-				// Link cc static libraries using "-lstatic" so rustc can reason about how to handle these
-				// (for example, bundling them into rlibs).
-				//
-				// rustc does not support linking libraries with the "-l" flag unless they are prefixed by "lib".
-				// If we need to link a library that isn't prefixed by "lib", we'll just link to it directly through
-				// linkObjects; such a library may need to be redeclared by static dependents.
-				if libName, ok := libNameFromFilePath(linkObject.Path()); ok {
-					depPaths.depFlags = append(depPaths.depFlags, "-lstatic="+libName)
+				// Only pass -lstatic for rlibs as it results in dylib bloat.
+				if lib, ok := ctx.Module().(*Module).compiler.(libraryInterface); ok && lib.rlib() {
+					// Link cc static libraries using "-lstatic" so rustc can reason about how to handle these
+					// (for example, bundling them into rlibs).
+					//
+					// rustc does not support linking libraries with the "-l" flag unless they are prefixed by "lib".
+					// If we need to link a library that isn't prefixed by "lib", we'll just link to it directly through
+					// linkObjects; such a library may need to be redeclared by static dependents.
+					if libName, ok := libNameFromFilePath(linkObject.Path()); ok {
+						depPaths.depFlags = append(depPaths.depFlags, "-lstatic="+libName)
+					}
 				}
 
 				// Add this to linkObjects to pass the library directly to the linker as well. This propagates
diff --git a/rust/rust_test.go b/rust/rust_test.go
index a32c6a7f8..88d964300 100644
--- a/rust/rust_test.go
+++ b/rust/rust_test.go
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ func TestDepsTracking(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "librlib",
 			srcs: ["foo.rs"],
 			crate_name: "rlib",
+			static_libs: ["libstatic"],
 		}
 		rust_proc_macro {
 			name: "libpm",
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ func TestDepsTracking(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	`)
 	module := ctx.ModuleForTests("fizz-buzz", "linux_glibc_x86_64").Module().(*Module)
-	rustc := ctx.ModuleForTests("fizz-buzz", "linux_glibc_x86_64").Rule("rustc")
+	rustc := ctx.ModuleForTests("librlib", "linux_glibc_x86_64_rlib_rlib-std").Rule("rustc")
 
 	// Since dependencies are added to AndroidMk* properties, we can check these to see if they've been picked up.
 	if !android.InList("libdylib", module.Properties.AndroidMkDylibs) {