diff --git a/docs/markdown/Rust-module.md b/docs/markdown/Rust-module.md
index afac67c27846..2440e684da11 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Rust-module.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Rust-module.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ It also takes the following keyword arguments:
 
 - `dependencies`: a list of test-only Dependencies
 - `link_with`: a list of additional build Targets to link with (*since 1.2.0*)
+- `link_whole`: a list of additional build Targets to link with in their entirety (*since 1.7.0*)
 - `rust_args`: a list of extra arguments passed to the Rust compiler (*since 1.2.0*)
 
 This function  also accepts all of the keyword arguments accepted by the
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ It also takes the following keyword arguments:
 
 - `dependencies`: a list of test-only Dependencies
 - `link_with`: a list of additional build Targets to link with
+- `link_whole`: a list of additional build Targets to link with in their entirety
 - `rust_args`: a list of extra arguments passed to the Rust compiler
 
 The target is linked automatically into the doctests.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/rust-test-link-whole.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/rust-test-link-whole.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f3d006d5389d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/rust-test-link-whole.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+## `rust.test` now supports `link_whole`
+
+The `test` function in the `rust` module now supports the `link_whole`
+keyword argument in addition to `link_with` and `dependencies`.
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/rust.py b/mesonbuild/modules/rust.py
index de9926b2e523..36c8f71d3002 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/rust.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/rust.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 from ..compilers.compilers import are_asserts_disabled, lang_suffixes
 from ..compilers.rust import RustCompiler
 from ..interpreter.type_checking import (
-    DEPENDENCIES_KW, LINK_WITH_KW, SHARED_LIB_KWS, TEST_KWS, TEST_KWS_NO_ARGS, OUTPUT_KW,
-    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES, SOURCES_VARARGS, NoneType, in_set_validator
+    DEPENDENCIES_KW, LINK_WITH_KW, LINK_WHOLE_KW, SHARED_LIB_KWS, TEST_KWS, TEST_KWS_NO_ARGS,
+    OUTPUT_KW, INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES, SOURCES_VARARGS, NoneType, in_set_validator
 )
 from ..interpreterbase import ContainerTypeInfo, InterpreterException, KwargInfo, typed_kwargs, typed_pos_args, noPosargs, permittedKwargs
 from ..interpreter.interpreterobjects import Doctest
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class FuncRustTest(_kwargs.BaseTest, T.Generic[ArgsType]):
         dependencies: T.List[T.Union[Dependency, ExternalLibrary]]
         is_parallel: bool
         link_with: T.List[LibTypes]
+        link_whole: T.List[LibTypes]
         rust_args: T.List[str]
 
     FuncTest = FuncRustTest[_kwargs.TestArgs]
@@ -140,6 +141,8 @@ def test_common(self, funcname: str, state: ModuleState, args: T.Tuple[str, Buil
         """
         if any(isinstance(t, Jar) for t in kwargs.get('link_with', [])):
             raise InvalidArguments('Rust tests cannot link with Jar targets')
+        if any(isinstance(t, Jar) for t in kwargs.get('link_whole', [])):
+            raise InvalidArguments('Rust tests cannot link with Jar targets')
 
         name = args[0]
         base_target: BuildTarget = args[1]
@@ -174,6 +177,7 @@ def test_common(self, funcname: str, state: ModuleState, args: T.Tuple[str, Buil
         new_target_kwargs['install'] = False
         new_target_kwargs['dependencies'] = new_target_kwargs.get('dependencies', []) + kwargs['dependencies']
         new_target_kwargs['link_with'] = new_target_kwargs.get('link_with', []) + kwargs['link_with']
+        new_target_kwargs['link_whole'] = new_target_kwargs.get('link_whole', []) + kwargs['link_whole']
         del new_target_kwargs['rust_crate_type']
         for kw in ['pic', 'prelink', 'rust_abi', 'version', 'soversion', 'darwin_versions']:
             if kw in new_target_kwargs:
@@ -200,6 +204,7 @@ def test_common(self, funcname: str, state: ModuleState, args: T.Tuple[str, Buil
         *TEST_KWS,
         DEPENDENCIES_KW,
         LINK_WITH_KW.evolve(since='1.2.0'),
+        LINK_WHOLE_KW.evolve(since='1.7.0'),
         *RUST_TEST_KWS,
     )
     def test(self, state: ModuleState, args: T.Tuple[str, BuildTarget], kwargs: FuncTest) -> ModuleReturnValue:
@@ -217,6 +222,7 @@ def test(self, state: ModuleState, args: T.Tuple[str, BuildTarget], kwargs: Func
         *TEST_KWS_NO_ARGS,
         DEPENDENCIES_KW,
         LINK_WITH_KW,
+        LINK_WHOLE_KW,
         *RUST_TEST_KWS,
         KwargInfo(
             'args',