diff --git a/build/rust/rustc_artifact.gni b/build/rust/rustc_artifact.gni
index ec9cb51737641f38095bc601489fe35e922a157f..16c90084b0ec4f26b530879085829be448c0d96b 100644
--- a/build/rust/rustc_artifact.gni
+++ b/build/rust/rustc_artifact.gni
@@ -448,6 +448,15 @@ template("rustc_artifact") {
       args += [ "--with-unit-tests" ]
     }
 
+    if (defined(invoker.non_rust_deps)) {
+      foreach(dep, invoker.non_rust_deps) {
+        args += [
+          "--lib-dir",
+          rebase_path(get_label_info(dep, "target_out_dir")),
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+
     args += dep_info_paths
     outputs = [
       output_file,
diff --git a/examples/BUILD.gn b/examples/BUILD.gn
index 23141b9b050bcb3c13028c469e727098783173d6..2223a6de7153d1120ce0a104eaa716195163b165 100644
--- a/examples/BUILD.gn
+++ b/examples/BUILD.gn
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ group("tests") {
   testonly = true
   deps = [
     "hello_world:tests",
+    "rust_static_linking:static_linking_tests",
   ]
 }
diff --git a/examples/rust_static_linking/BUILD.gn b/examples/rust_static_linking/BUILD.gn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f8f4f2dbb7afbc295011b39411e97981a597eb16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/rust_static_linking/BUILD.gn
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Copyright 2019 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+# found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import("//build/package.gni")
+import("//build/rust/rustc_library.gni")
+
+rustc_library("static_linking") {
+  name = "static_linking"
+  with_unit_tests = true
+  version = "0.1.0"
+  edition = "2018"
+  non_rust_deps = [
+    ":static",
+  ]
+}
+
+static_library("static") {
+  sources = [
+    "static.c",
+  ]
+}
+
+package("static_linking_tests") {
+  testonly = true
+  deps = [
+    ":static_linking",
+  ]
+  tests = [
+    {
+      name = "static_linking_lib_test"
+    },
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/examples/rust_static_linking/src/lib.rs b/examples/rust_static_linking/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9989dc74fb055c901d335aaaa1052e1e766afa0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/rust_static_linking/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#[link(name = "static", kind = "static")]
+extern "C" {
+    pub fn returns_two() -> u32;
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::returns_two;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn linking_works() {
+        assert_eq!(unsafe { returns_two() }, 2);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/rust_static_linking/static.c b/examples/rust_static_linking/static.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..60a9ee42cc921176c7bec9ef090254d70b78efed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/rust_static_linking/static.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+uint32_t returns_two() {
+  return 2;
+}