diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/configure-crate.nix b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/configure-crate.nix
index 473a91f9ce07..ea150c2fe85d 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/configure-crate.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/configure-crate.nix
@@ -186,7 +186,10 @@ in ''
      set +e
      EXTRA_BUILD=$(sed -n "s/^cargo:rustc-flags=\(.*\)/\1/p" target/build/${crateName}.opt | tr '\n' ' ' | sort -u)
      EXTRA_FEATURES=$(sed -n "s/^cargo:rustc-cfg=\(.*\)/--cfg \1/p" target/build/${crateName}.opt | tr '\n' ' ')
-     EXTRA_LINK=$(sed -n "s/^cargo:rustc-link-lib=\(.*\)/\1/p" target/build/${crateName}.opt | tr '\n' ' ')
+     EXTRA_LINK_ARGS=$(sed -n "s/^cargo:rustc-link-arg=\(.*\)/-C link-arg=\1/p" target/build/${crateName}.opt | tr '\n' ' ')
+     EXTRA_LINK_ARGS_BINS=$(sed -n "s/^cargo:rustc-link-arg-bins=\(.*\)/-C link-arg=\1/p" target/build/${crateName}.opt | tr '\n' ' ')
+     EXTRA_LINK_ARGS_LIB=$(sed -n "s/^cargo:rustc-link-arg-lib=\(.*\)/-C link-arg=\1/p" target/build/${crateName}.opt | tr '\n' ' ')
+     EXTRA_LINK_LIBS=$(sed -n "s/^cargo:rustc-link-lib=\(.*\)/\1/p" target/build/${crateName}.opt | tr '\n' ' ')
      EXTRA_LINK_SEARCH=$(sed -n "s/^cargo:rustc-link-search=\(.*\)/\1/p" target/build/${crateName}.opt | tr '\n' ' ' | sort -u)
 
      # We want to read part of every line that has cargo:rustc-env= prefix and
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/lib.sh b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/lib.sh
index 39f7d53f6f75..7f98701b5409 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/lib.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/lib.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ build_lib() {
     -L dependency=target/deps \
     --cap-lints allow \
     $LINK \
+    $EXTRA_LINK_ARGS \
+    $EXTRA_LINK_ARGS_LIB \
     $LIB_RUSTC_OPTS \
     $BUILD_OUT_DIR \
     $EXTRA_BUILD \
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ build_bin() {
     --out-dir target/bin \
     -L dependency=target/deps \
     $LINK \
+    $EXTRA_LINK_ARGS \
+    $EXTRA_LINK_ARGS_BINS \
     $EXTRA_LIB \
     --cap-lints allow \
     $BUILD_OUT_DIR \
@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ setup_link_paths() {
        done
      fi
   done
-  echo "$EXTRA_LINK" | while read i; do
+  echo "$EXTRA_LINK_LIBS" | while read i; do
      if [[ ! -z "$i" ]]; then
        for library in $i; do
          echo "-l $library" >> target/link