diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/rust.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/rust.py
index 31222e2456..819ff6af9e 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/rust.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/rust.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class RustSelfTestSystemEmulated(OESelftestTestCase, OEPTestResultTestCase):
             cmd = cmd + " export RUST_TARGET_PATH=%s/rust-targets;" % rustlibpath
             # Strip debug symbols from test binaries to reduce size (300+ MB -> ~140 MB)
             # PowerPC mac99 QEMU has 768MB RAM limit, so we need to minimize test binary sizes
-            cmd = cmd + " export RUSTFLAGS='-C strip=debuginfo';"
+            cmd = cmd + " export RUSTFLAGS='-C strip=debuginfo -Clink-arg=-lz -Clink-arg=-lzstd';"
             # Trigger testing.
             cmd = cmd + " export TEST_DEVICE_ADDR=\"%s:12345\";" % qemu.ip
             cmd = cmd + " cd %s; python3 src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py test %s --target %s" % (builddir, testargs, targetsys)