diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
index dc20a40d3698..a60b34976272 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
@@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ def generate_rust_target(self, target: build.BuildTarget) -> None:
         # have to hope that the default cases of +whole-archive are sufficient.
         # See: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/99429
         if mesonlib.version_compare(rustc.version, '>= 1.63.0'):
-            whole_archive = '+whole-archive,-bundle'
+            whole_archive = '+whole-archive'
         else:
             whole_archive = ''
 
@@ -1979,6 +1979,15 @@ def generate_rust_target(self, target: build.BuildTarget) -> None:
         else:
             verbatim = ''
 
+        def _link_library(libname: str, static: bool, modifiers: T.Optional[T.List[str]] = None, bundle: bool = False):
+            _type = 'static' if static else 'dylib'
+            modifiers = modifiers or []
+            if not bundle and static:
+                modifiers.append('-bundle')
+            if modifiers:
+                _type += ':' + ','.join(modifiers)
+            args.extend(['-l', f'{_type}={libname}'])
+
         linkdirs = mesonlib.OrderedSet()
         external_deps = target.external_deps.copy()
         target_deps = target.get_dependencies()
@@ -2035,10 +2044,14 @@ def generate_rust_target(self, target: build.BuildTarget) -> None:
                     need_link = False
 
             if need_link:
-                _type = 'static' if isinstance(d, build.StaticLibrary) else 'dylib'
-                if modifiers:
-                    _type += ':' + ','.join(modifiers)
-                args += ['-l', f'{_type}={os.path.basename(lib)}']
+                static = isinstance(d, build.StaticLibrary)
+                # rlib does not support bundling. That probably could cause
+                # unusable installed rlib if they link to uninstalled static
+                # libraries. Installing rlib is not something we generally
+                # support anyway.
+                # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/108081
+                bundle = cratetype == 'staticlib' and link_whole
+                _link_library(os.path.basename(lib), static, modifiers, bundle)
 
         for e in external_deps:
             for a in e.get_link_args():
@@ -2051,13 +2064,12 @@ def generate_rust_target(self, target: build.BuildTarget) -> None:
                     lib, ext = os.path.splitext(lib)
                     if lib.startswith('lib'):
                         lib = lib[3:]
-                    _type = 'static' if a.endswith(('.a', '.lib')) else 'dylib'
-                    args.extend(['-l', f'{_type}={lib}'])
+                    static = a.endswith(('.a', '.lib'))
+                    _link_library(lib, static)
                 elif a.startswith('-L'):
                     args.append(a)
                 elif a.startswith('-l'):
-                    _type = 'static' if e.static else 'dylib'
-                    args.extend(['-l', f'{_type}={a[2:]}'])
+                    _link_library(a[2:], e.static)
         for d in linkdirs:
             if d == '':
                 d = '.'
diff --git a/mesonbuild/build.py b/mesonbuild/build.py
index 8982f65077e2..5ab4b560a026 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/build.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/build.py
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ def link_whole(self, targets, promoted: bool = False):
                 msg += "Use the 'pic' option to static_library to build with PIC."
                 raise InvalidArguments(msg)
             self.check_can_link_together(t)
-            if isinstance(self, StaticLibrary) and not self.uses_rust():
+            if isinstance(self, StaticLibrary):
                 # When we're a static library and we link_whole: to another static
                 # library, we need to add that target's objects to ourselves.
                 self._bundle_static_library(t, promoted)
@@ -1461,7 +1461,10 @@ def get_internal_static_libraries_recurse(self, result: OrderedSet[Target]) -> N
                 t.get_internal_static_libraries_recurse(result)
 
     def _bundle_static_library(self, t: T.Union[Target, CustomTargetIndex], promoted: bool = False) -> None:
-        if isinstance(t, (CustomTarget, CustomTargetIndex)) or t.uses_rust():
+        if self.uses_rust():
+            # Rustc can bundle static libraries, no need to extract objects.
+            self.link_whole_targets.append(t)
+        elif isinstance(t, (CustomTarget, CustomTargetIndex)) or t.uses_rust():
             # To extract objects from a custom target we would have to extract
             # the archive, WIP implementation can be found in
             # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/9218.
@@ -1476,7 +1479,8 @@ def _bundle_static_library(self, t: T.Union[Target, CustomTargetIndex], promoted
                 m += (f' Meson had to promote link to link_whole because {self.name!r} is installed but not {t.name!r},'
                       f' and thus has to include objects from {t.name!r} to be usable.')
             raise InvalidArguments(m)
-        self.objects.append(t.extract_all_objects())
+        else:
+            self.objects.append(t.extract_all_objects())
 
     def check_can_link_together(self, t: BuildTargetTypes) -> None:
         links_with_rust_abi = isinstance(t, BuildTarget) and t.uses_rust_abi()
diff --git a/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/func.c b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/func.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c07ab728df15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/func.c	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+int c_func(void);
+int c_func(void) {
+    return 123;
+}
diff --git a/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/main.c b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c633e9ae5482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/main.c	
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+int r3(void);
+
+int main_func(void) {
+    return r3() == 246 ? 0 : 1;
+}
diff --git a/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/meson.build b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc48d4523e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/meson.build	
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Regression test for a diamond dependency graph:
+#          ┌►R1┐
+# main-►R3─┤   ├─►C1
+#          └►R2┘
+# Both libr1.rlib and libr2.rlib used to contain func.c.o. That was causing
+# libr3.rlib to have duplicated func.c.o and then libmain.so failed to link:
+# multiple definition of `c_func'.
+
+libc1 = static_library('c1', 'func.c')
+libr1 = static_library('r1', 'r1.rs', link_with: libc1)
+libr2 = static_library('r2', 'r2.rs', link_with: libc1)
+libr3 = static_library('r3', 'r3.rs',
+  link_with: [libr1, libr2],
+  rust_abi: 'c',
+)
+shared_library('main', 'main.c', link_whole: [libr3])
+
+# Same dependency graph, but r3 is now installed. Since c1, r1 and r2 are
+# not installed, r3 must contain them.
+libr3 = static_library('r3-installed', 'r3.rs',
+  link_with: [libr1, libr2],
+  rust_abi: 'c',
+  install: true,
+)
+shared_library('main-installed', 'main.c', link_with: [libr3])
diff --git a/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/r1.rs b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/r1.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7afb71109d11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/r1.rs	
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+extern "C" {
+    fn c_func() -> i32;
+}
+
+pub fn r1() -> i32 {
+    unsafe {
+        c_func()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/r2.rs b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/r2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee73ee2e2280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/r2.rs	
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+extern "C" {
+    fn c_func() -> i32;
+}
+
+pub fn r2() -> i32 {
+    unsafe {
+        c_func()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/r3.rs b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/r3.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9794b7eda2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/diamond/r3.rs	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#[no_mangle]
+pub fn r3() -> i32 {
+    r1::r1() + r2::r2()
+}
diff --git a/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/meson.build b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/meson.build
index e5354b8f6f13..b786e64949f5 100644
--- a/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/meson.build	
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ exe = executable('footest', 'foo.c',
   link_with: foo,
 )
 test('footest', exe)
+
+subdir('diamond')
diff --git a/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/test.json b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d98c230ad37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/20 transitive dependencies/test.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "installed": [
+    {"type": "file", "file": "usr/lib/libr3-installed.a"}
+  ]
+}