diff --git a/cc/binary.go b/cc/binary.go
index 6923f2b84..bc9abfe4b 100644
--- a/cc/binary.go
+++ b/cc/binary.go
@@ -299,9 +299,6 @@ func (binary *binaryDecorator) link(ctx ModuleContext,
 
 	var linkerDeps android.Paths
 
-	sharedLibs := deps.SharedLibs
-	sharedLibs = append(sharedLibs, deps.LateSharedLibs...)
-
 	if deps.LinkerFlagsFile.Valid() {
 		flags.LdFlags = append(flags.LdFlags, "$$(cat "+deps.LinkerFlagsFile.String()+")")
 		linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, deps.LinkerFlagsFile.Path())
@@ -363,8 +360,15 @@ func (binary *binaryDecorator) link(ctx ModuleContext,
 		binary.injectHostBionicLinkerSymbols(ctx, outputFile, deps.DynamicLinker.Path(), injectedOutputFile)
 	}
 
-	linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, deps.SharedLibsDeps...)
-	linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, deps.LateSharedLibsDeps...)
+	var sharedLibs android.Paths
+	// Ignore shared libs for static executables.
+	if !binary.static() {
+		sharedLibs = deps.SharedLibs
+		sharedLibs = append(sharedLibs, deps.LateSharedLibs...)
+		linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, deps.SharedLibsDeps...)
+		linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, deps.LateSharedLibsDeps...)
+	}
+
 	linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, objs.tidyFiles...)
 	linkerDeps = append(linkerDeps, flags.LdFlagsDeps...)
 
diff --git a/cc/cc_test.go b/cc/cc_test.go
index e368fb349..33a90f270 100644
--- a/cc/cc_test.go
+++ b/cc/cc_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 
 func createTestContext(t *testing.T, config android.Config, bp string) *android.TestContext {
 	ctx := android.NewTestArchContext()
+	ctx.RegisterModuleType("cc_binary", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(binaryFactory))
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("cc_library", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(LibraryFactory))
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("cc_library_shared", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(LibrarySharedFactory))
 	ctx.RegisterModuleType("cc_library_headers", android.ModuleFactoryAdaptor(LibraryHeaderFactory))
@@ -193,12 +194,24 @@ func createTestContext(t *testing.T, config android.Config, bp string) *android.
 			vendor_available: true,
 		}
 
+		cc_object {
+			name: "crtbegin_static",
+			recovery_available: true,
+			vendor_available: true,
+		}
+
 		cc_object {
 			name: "crtend_so",
 			recovery_available: true,
 			vendor_available: true,
 		}
 
+		cc_object {
+			name: "crtend_android",
+			recovery_available: true,
+			vendor_available: true,
+		}
+
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libprotobuf-cpp-lite",
 		}
@@ -1845,3 +1858,28 @@ func TestVersionedStubs(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("%q is not found in %q", libFoo1VersioningMacro, cFlags)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStaticExecutable(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := testCc(t, `
+		cc_binary {
+			name: "static_test",
+			srcs: ["foo.c"],
+			static_executable: true,
+		}`)
+
+	variant := "android_arm64_armv8-a_core"
+	binModuleRule := ctx.ModuleForTests("static_test", variant).Rule("ld")
+	libFlags := binModuleRule.Args["libFlags"]
+	systemStaticLibs := []string{"libc.a", "libm.a", "libdl.a"}
+	for _, lib := range systemStaticLibs {
+		if !strings.Contains(libFlags, lib) {
+			t.Errorf("Static lib %q was not found in %q", lib, libFlags)
+		}
+	}
+	systemSharedLibs := []string{"libc.so", "libm.so", "libdl.so"}
+	for _, lib := range systemSharedLibs {
+		if strings.Contains(libFlags, lib) {
+			t.Errorf("Shared lib %q was found in %q", lib, libFlags)
+		}
+	}
+}