diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/rust.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/rust.py
index 2d158e30b..1c43f7a36 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/rust.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/rust.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from ..linkers import DynamicLinker
     from ..mesonlib import MachineChoice
     from ..programs import ExternalProgram
+    from ..dependencies import Dependency
 
 
 rust_optimization_args = {
@@ -153,6 +154,12 @@ class RustCompiler(Compiler):
             ),
         }
 
+    def get_dependency_compile_args(self, dep: 'Dependency') -> T.List[str]:
+        # Rust doesn't have dependency compile arguments so simply return
+        # nothing here. Dependencies are linked and all required metadata is
+        # provided by the linker flags.
+        return []
+
     def get_option_compile_args(self, options: 'KeyedOptionDictType') -> T.List[str]:
         args = []
         key = OptionKey('std', machine=self.for_machine, lang=self.language)
diff --git a/test cases/rust/16 internal c dependencies/meson.build b/test cases/rust/16 internal c dependencies/meson.build
index c7476d750..f45982867 100644
--- a/test cases/rust/16 internal c dependencies/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/rust/16 internal c dependencies/meson.build	
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ project('internal dependencies', 'c', 'rust')
 test_prog = find_program('test.py')
 
 static = static_library('static', 'lib.c', c_args : '-DMODE="static"')
-exe = executable('static', 'main.rs', link_with : static)
+# Add some -I compiler arguments to make sure they're not passed to the Rust
+# compiler when handling the dependency.
+static_dep = declare_dependency(link_with : static, compile_args : ['-Idoesnotexist'])
+exe = executable('static', 'main.rs', dependencies : static_dep)
 test('static linkage', test_prog, args : [exe, 'This is a static C library'])
 
 # Shared linkage with rust doesn't work on macOS with meson, yet
 if host_machine.system() != 'darwin'
   shared = shared_library('shared', 'lib.c', c_args : '-DMODE="shared"')
-  exe = executable('shared', 'main.rs', link_with : shared)
+  shared_dep = declare_dependency(link_with : shared, compile_args : ['-Idoesnotexist'])
+  exe = executable('shared', 'main.rs', dependencies : shared_dep)
   test('shared linkage', test_prog, args : [exe, 'This is a shared C library'])
 endif