diff --git a/platform/rust/build.rs b/platform/rust/build.rs
index 6d4a0f2d8c6..d3c742fb874 100644
--- a/platform/rust/build.rs
+++ b/platform/rust/build.rs
@@ -32,13 +32,44 @@ fn main() {
         // FIXME: this MIGHT significantly increase the size of the final binary, needs to be tested
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=mbgl-core");
 
-        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=mbgl-rustutils");
-        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=mbgl-vendor-csscolorparser");
+        // BUG!  both of these were generated with rust
+        // println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=mbgl-rustutils");
         // println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=rustutils");
+
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=mbgl-vendor-csscolorparser");
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=mbgl-vendor-nunicode");
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=mbgl-vendor-parsedate");
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=mbgl-vendor-sqlite");
-        // println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=icu");
+
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=icudata");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=icui18n");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=icuio");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=icutest");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=icutu");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static:+whole-archive=icuuc");
+
+
+
+
+
+
+//
+// libicudata.a
+// libicui18n.a
+// libicuio.a
+// libicutest.a
+// libicutu.a
+// libicuuc.a
+//
+// libicudata.so
+// libicui18n.so
+// libicuio.so
+// libicutest.so
+// libicutu.so
+// libicuuc.so
+
+
     } else {
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=mbgl-core");
         todo!("link to other libs");