diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/rust-common.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/rust-common.bbclass
index baa3869c47..31331c7a26 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/rust-common.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/rust-common.bbclass
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ FILES:${PN} += "${rustlibdir}/*.so"
 FILES:${PN}-dev += "${rustlibdir}/*.rlib ${rustlibdir}/*.rmeta"
 FILES:${PN}-dbg += "${rustlibdir}/.debug"
 
-RUSTLIB = "-L ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${rustlibdir}"
+RUSTLIB ?= "-L ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${rustlibdir}"
 RUST_DEBUG_REMAP = "--remap-path-prefix=${WORKDIR}=${TARGET_DBGSRC_DIR}"
 RUSTFLAGS += "${RUSTLIB} ${RUST_DEBUG_REMAP}"
 RUSTLIB_DEP ??= "libstd-rs"