diff --git a/lang/rust/Makefile b/lang/rust/Makefile
index 3cdb633ab..ca5437aeb 100644
--- a/lang/rust/Makefile
+++ b/lang/rust/Makefile
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ TARGET_CONFIGURE_ARGS = \
 	--set=target.$(RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH).cc=$(TARGET_CC_NOCACHE) \
 	--set=target.$(RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH).cxx=$(TARGET_CXX_NOCACHE) \
 	--set=target.$(RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH).linker=$(TARGET_CC_NOCACHE) \
-	--set=target.$(RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH).musl-root=$(TOOLCHAIN_DIR) \
-	--set=target.$(RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH).ranlib=$(TARGET_RANLIB)
+	--set=target.$(RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH).ranlib=$(TARGET_RANLIB) \
+	$(if $(CONFIG_USE_MUSL),--set=target.$(RUSTC_TARGET_ARCH).musl-root=$(TOOLCHAIN_DIR))
 
 # CARGO_HOME is an environmental
 HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS += CARGO_HOME="$(CARGO_HOME)"
diff --git a/lang/rust/rust-values.mk b/lang/rust/rust-values.mk
index 7fcfcf2a3..c9eb26f08 100644
--- a/lang/rust/rust-values.mk
+++ b/lang/rust/rust-values.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ CONFIG_HOST_SUFFIX:=$(word 4, $(subst -, ,$(GNU_HOST_NAME)))
 RUSTC_HOST_ARCH:=$(HOST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-$(CONFIG_HOST_SUFFIX)
 CARGO_HOME:=$(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/cargo
 
-# Force linking of the SSP library
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_USE_MUSL),y)
+# Force linking of the SSP library for musl
 ifdef CONFIG_PKG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR
   ifeq ($(strip $(PKG_SSP)),1)
     RUSTC_LDFLAGS += -lssp_nonshared
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_PKG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
     TARGET_CFLAGS += -lssp_nonshared
   endif
 endif
+endif
 
 # mips64 openwrt has a specific targed in rustc
 ifeq ($(ARCH),mips64)