diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/default.nix
index 2885b2aef51..569b48d25ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ let
             lib.strings.replaceStrings ["-"] ["_"] crateRenames.${dep.crateName}
           else
             extern;
-        in (if lib.any (x: x == "lib") dep.crateType then
+        in (if lib.any (x: x == "lib" || x == "rlib") dep.crateType then
            " --extern ${name}=${dep.lib}/lib/lib${extern}-${dep.metadata}.rlib"
          else
            " --extern ${name}=${dep.lib}/lib/lib${extern}-${dep.metadata}${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}")