diff --git a/docs/relnotes/new_features.txt b/docs/relnotes/new_features.txt
index be49dc47efb..284487bea3a 100644
--- a/docs/relnotes/new_features.txt
+++ b/docs/relnotes/new_features.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ protectedMemory support on RADV/GFX10+ and VEGA10
 VK_KHR_performance_query on RADV/GFX11
 VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization on panvk
 shaderImageGatherExtended on pvr
+static C++ stdlib required on rusticl to workaround applications using their own C++ stdlib
diff --git a/src/gallium/targets/rusticl/meson.build b/src/gallium/targets/rusticl/meson.build
index 2b214adbbf5..d4a24fd8585 100644
--- a/src/gallium/targets/rusticl/meson.build
+++ b/src/gallium/targets/rusticl/meson.build
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ librusticl = shared_library(
     ld_args_gc_sections,
     ld_args_bsymbolic,
     rusticl_ld_args,
+    # Seems like some proprietary apps ship libraries exporting C++ STL symbols.
+    # So let's just link statically against the standard C++ library then in order to prevent data
+    # layout mismatches and the likes.
+    cc.get_supported_link_arguments(
+      '-static-libstdc++',
+    ),
   ],
   link_depends : rusticl_ld_depends,
   version : '@0@.0.0'.format(opencl_version),