diff --git a/Sources/SwiftDriver/Jobs/GenericUnixToolchain+LinkerSupport.swift b/Sources/SwiftDriver/Jobs/GenericUnixToolchain+LinkerSupport.swift
index ffdf2a406..76ea1851c 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftDriver/Jobs/GenericUnixToolchain+LinkerSupport.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftDriver/Jobs/GenericUnixToolchain+LinkerSupport.swift
@@ -171,7 +171,13 @@ extension GenericUnixToolchain {
         let rsrc: VirtualPath
         // Prefer the swiftrt.o runtime file from the SDK if it's specified.
         if let sdk = targetInfo.sdkPath {
-          rsrc = VirtualPath.lookup(sdk.path).appending(components: "usr", "lib", "swift")
+          let swiftDir: String
+          if staticStdlib || staticExecutable {
+            swiftDir = "swift_static"
+          } else {
+            swiftDir = "swift"
+          }
+          rsrc = VirtualPath.lookup(sdk.path).appending(components: "usr", "lib", swiftDir)
         } else {
           rsrc = VirtualPath.lookup(targetInfo.runtimeResourcePath.path)
         }