diff --git a/mesonbuild/build.py b/mesonbuild/build.py
index f40e8f70e..42f1dcc9c 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/build.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/build.py
@@ -1292,10 +1292,10 @@ class BuildTarget(Target):
             if t not in result:
                 result.add(t)
                 if isinstance(t, StaticLibrary):
-                    t.get_dependencies_recurse(result)
+                    t.get_dependencies_recurse(result, include_proc_macros = self.uses_rust())
         return result
 
-    def get_dependencies_recurse(self, result: OrderedSet[BuildTargetTypes], include_internals: bool = True) -> None:
+    def get_dependencies_recurse(self, result: OrderedSet[BuildTargetTypes], include_internals: bool = True, include_proc_macros: bool = False) -> None:
         # self is always a static library because we don't need to pull dependencies
         # of shared libraries. If self is installed (not internal) it already
         # include objects extracted from all its internal dependencies so we can
@@ -1304,14 +1304,14 @@ class BuildTarget(Target):
         for t in self.link_targets:
             if t in result:
                 continue
-            if t.rust_crate_type == 'proc-macro':
+            if not include_proc_macros and t.rust_crate_type == 'proc-macro':
                 continue
             if include_internals or not t.is_internal():
                 result.add(t)
             if isinstance(t, StaticLibrary):
-                t.get_dependencies_recurse(result, include_internals)
+                t.get_dependencies_recurse(result, include_internals, include_proc_macros)
         for t in self.link_whole_targets:
-            t.get_dependencies_recurse(result, include_internals)
+            t.get_dependencies_recurse(result, include_internals, include_proc_macros)
 
     def get_source_subdir(self):
         return self.subdir
diff --git a/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/lib.rs b/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5242886cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/lib.rs	
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+extern crate proc_macro_examples;
+use proc_macro_examples::make_answer;
+
+make_answer!();
+
+pub fn func() -> u32 {
+    answer()
+}
diff --git a/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/meson.build b/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/meson.build
index c5f0dfc82..e8b28eda1 100644
--- a/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/meson.build	
@@ -31,3 +31,14 @@ main = executable(
 )
 
 test('main_test2', main)
+
+subdir('subdir')
+
+staticlib = static_library('staticlib', 'lib.rs',
+  link_with: pm_in_subdir,
+  rust_dependency_map : {'proc_macro_examples3' : 'proc_macro_examples'}
+)
+
+executable('transitive-proc-macro', 'transitive-proc-macro.rs',
+  link_with: staticlib,
+)
diff --git a/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/subdir/meson.build b/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/subdir/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04842c431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/subdir/meson.build	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pm_in_subdir = rust.proc_macro('proc_macro_examples3', '../proc.rs')
diff --git a/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/transitive-proc-macro.rs b/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/transitive-proc-macro.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c804b3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/18 proc-macro/transitive-proc-macro.rs	
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+extern crate staticlib;
+use staticlib::func;
+
+
+fn main() {
+    assert_eq!(42, func());
+}
diff --git a/test cases/rust/21 transitive dependencies/meson.build b/test cases/rust/21 transitive dependencies/meson.build
index 37687fd4d..3b1f3d63c 100644
--- a/test cases/rust/21 transitive dependencies/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/rust/21 transitive dependencies/meson.build	
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ foo = static_library('foo-rs', 'foo.rs',
   rust_abi: 'c',
   link_with: pm,
 )
+shared_library('shared', 'foo.c', link_with : foo)
 exe = executable('footest', 'foo.c',
   link_with: foo,
 )