diff --git a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/InteropLibraryCreation.kt b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/InteropLibraryCreation.kt
index 6c8f9d67b4c..6b1754fe802 100644
--- a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/InteropLibraryCreation.kt
+++ b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/InteropLibraryCreation.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ fun createInteropLibrary(
         manifest: Properties,
         dependencies: List<KotlinLibrary>,
         nopack: Boolean,
-        shortName: String?
+        shortName: String?,
+        staticLibraries: List<String>
 ) {
     val version = KotlinLibraryVersioning(
             libraryVersion = null,
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ fun createInteropLibrary(
         nativeBitcodeFiles.forEach(this::addNativeBitcode)
         addManifestAddend(manifest)
         addLinkDependencies(dependencies)
+        staticLibraries.forEach(this::addIncludedBinary)
         commit()
     }
 }
diff --git a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
index 91fcf436ffe..dc21c6cacdb 100644
--- a/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
+++ b/Interop/StubGenerator/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/native/interop/gen/jvm/main.kt
@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@ private fun processCLib(flavorName: String, cinteropArguments: CInteropArguments
                     manifest = def.manifestAddendProperties,
                     dependencies = stdlibDependency + imports.requiredLibraries.toList(),
                     nopack = cinteropArguments.nopack,
-                    shortName = cinteropArguments.shortModuleName
+                    shortName = cinteropArguments.shortModuleName,
+                    staticLibraries = staticLibraries
             )
             return null
         }
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/build.gradle b/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
index aae5db61fb9..6141a58535c 100644
--- a/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
+++ b/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
@@ -3506,6 +3506,28 @@ createInterop("auxiliaryCppSources") {
     it.extraOpts "-Xsource-compiler-option", "-std=c++17"
 }
 
+createInterop("embedStaticLibraries") {
+    it.defFile 'interop/embedStaticLibraries/embedStaticLibraries.def'
+    it.headers "$projectDir/interop/embedStaticLibraries/embedStaticLibraries.h"
+
+    // Note: also hardcoded in def file.
+    final String libDir = "$buildDir/embedStaticLibraries/"
+
+    it.getByTarget(target.name).doFirst {
+        1.upto(4) {
+            UtilsKt.buildStaticLibrary(
+                    project,
+                    [file("$projectDir/interop/embedStaticLibraries/${it}.c")],
+                    file("$libDir/${it}.a"),
+                    file("$libDir/${it}.objs"),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    it.extraOpts '-staticLibrary', "$libDir/1.a"
+    it.extraOpts '-staticLibrary', "$libDir/2.a"
+}
+
 if (PlatformInfo.isAppleTarget(project)) {
     createInterop("objcSmoke") {
         it.defFile 'interop/objc/objcSmoke.def'
@@ -3719,6 +3741,12 @@ interopTest("interop_auxiliarySources") {
     interop = 'auxiliaryCppSources'
 }
 
+interopTest("interop_embedStaticLibraries") {
+    disabled = (project.testTarget == 'wasm32') // No interop for wasm yet.
+    source = "interop/embedStaticLibraries/main.kt"
+    interop = 'embedStaticLibraries'
+}
+
 interopTest("interop_values") {
     disabled = (project.testTarget == 'wasm32') // No interop for wasm yet.
     source = "interop/basics/values.kt"
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/1.c b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/1.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b08c920edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+int get1() {
+    return 1;
+}
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/2.c b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/2.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52b9914d8e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+int get2() {
+    return 2;
+}
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/3.c b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/3.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17b9646ec50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/3.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+int get3() {
+    return 3;
+}
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/4.c b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/4.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab697746441
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+int get4() {
+    return 4;
+}
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/embedStaticLibraries.def b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/embedStaticLibraries.def
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..686ec63efd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/embedStaticLibraries.def
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+staticLibraries = \
+    backend.native/tests/build/embedStaticLibraries/3.a \
+    backend.native/tests/build/embedStaticLibraries/4.a
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/embedStaticLibraries.h b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/embedStaticLibraries.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e481df854db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/embedStaticLibraries.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+int get1(void);
+int get2(void);
+int get3(void);
+int get4(void);
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/main.kt b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/main.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f8e8902570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend.native/tests/interop/embedStaticLibraries/main.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import kotlin.test.*
+import embedStaticLibraries.*
+
+fun main() {
+    assertEquals(1, get1())
+    assertEquals(2, get2())
+    assertEquals(3, get3())
+    assertEquals(4, get4())
+}
diff --git a/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Utils.kt b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Utils.kt
index 9892faef254..983d13d98e9 100644
--- a/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Utils.kt
+++ b/build-tools/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/Utils.kt
@@ -319,4 +319,30 @@ fun Project.mergeManifestsByTargets(source: File, destination: File) {
     destinationProperties[KLIB_PROPERTY_NATIVE_TARGETS] = mergedNativeTargets.joinToString(" ")
 
     destinationFile.saveProperties(destinationProperties)
+}
+
+fun Project.buildStaticLibrary(cSources: Collection<File>, output: File, objDir: File) {
+    delete(objDir)
+    delete(output)
+
+    val platform = platformManager.platform(testTarget)
+
+    objDir.mkdirs()
+    exec {
+        it.commandLine(platform.clang.clangC(
+                "-c",
+                *cSources.map { it.absolutePath }.toTypedArray()
+        ))
+        it.workingDir(objDir)
+    }
+
+    output.parentFile.mkdirs()
+    exec {
+        it.commandLine(
+                "${platform.configurables.absoluteLlvmHome}/bin/llvm-ar",
+                "-rc",
+                output,
+                *fileTree(objDir).files.toTypedArray()
+        )
+    }
 }
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