diff --git a/src/liballoc/heap.rs b/src/liballoc/heap.rs
index 9d1d8a7ac24..86a04a0687a 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/heap.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/heap.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ mod imp {
     }
 
     // -lpthread needs to occur after -ljemalloc, the earlier argument isn't enough
-    #[cfg(all(not(windows), not(target_os = "android")))]
+    #[cfg(all(not(windows),
+              not(target_os = "android"),
+              not(target_env = "musl")))]
     #[link(name = "pthread")]
     extern {}
 
diff --git a/src/liblibc/lib.rs b/src/liblibc/lib.rs
index 4fbcdaa378e..999e7c643e5 100644
--- a/src/liblibc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/liblibc/lib.rs
@@ -140,11 +140,15 @@ pub use funcs::bsd43::*;
 
 // On NaCl, these libraries are static. Thus it would be a Bad Idea to link them
 // in when creating a test crate.
-#[cfg(not(any(windows, all(target_os = "nacl", test))))]
+#[cfg(not(any(windows, target_env = "musl", all(target_os = "nacl", test))))]
 #[link(name = "c")]
 #[link(name = "m")]
 extern {}
 
+#[cfg(all(target_env = "musl", not(test)))]
+#[link(name = "c", kind = "static")]
+extern {}
+
 // libnacl provides functions that require a trip through the IRT to work.
 // ie: _exit, mmap, nanosleep, etc. Anything that would otherwise require a trip
 // to the kernel.
diff --git a/src/libstd/dynamic_lib.rs b/src/libstd/dynamic_lib.rs
index ef72cbc96e1..8b90fce6fc4 100644
--- a/src/libstd/dynamic_lib.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/dynamic_lib.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ mod tests {
     use path::Path;
 
     #[test]
-    #[cfg_attr(any(windows, target_os = "android"), ignore)] // FIXME #8818, #10379
+    #[cfg_attr(any(windows,
+                   target_os = "android",  // FIXME #10379
+                   target_env = "musl"), ignore)]
     fn test_loading_cosine() {
         // The math library does not need to be loaded since it is already
         // statically linked in
diff --git a/src/libstd/rt/libunwind.rs b/src/libstd/rt/libunwind.rs
index 4b754bd5f58..8f75ae5ef5c 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rt/libunwind.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/rt/libunwind.rs
@@ -97,10 +97,15 @@ pub type _Unwind_Exception_Cleanup_Fn =
         extern "C" fn(unwind_code: _Unwind_Reason_Code,
                       exception: *mut _Unwind_Exception);
 
-#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "freebsd"))]
+#[cfg(any(all(target_os = "linux", not(target_env = "musl")),
+          target_os = "freebsd"))]
 #[link(name = "gcc_s")]
 extern {}
 
+#[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", target_env = "musl", not(test)))]
+#[link(name = "unwind", kind = "static")]
+extern {}
+
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "android", target_os = "openbsd"))]
 #[link(name = "gcc")]
 extern {}
diff --git a/src/libstd/rtdeps.rs b/src/libstd/rtdeps.rs
index 96c4bcec853..a7f3bc2bdc8 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rtdeps.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/rtdeps.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ extern {}
 //
 // On Linux, librt and libdl are indirect dependencies via std,
 // and binutils 2.22+ won't add them automatically
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", not(target_env = "musl")))]
 #[link(name = "dl")]
 #[link(name = "pthread")]
 extern {}
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/time.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/time.rs
index d2f51678d49..f59eb2c0301 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/time.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/time.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ mod inner {
     // OpenBSD provide it via libc
     #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android",
                   target_os = "bitrig",
-                  target_os = "openbsd")))]
+                  target_os = "openbsd",
+                  target_env = "musl")))]
     #[link(name = "rt")]
     extern {}
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/thread/local.rs b/src/libstd/thread/local.rs
index 6d8f1cba709..5b7d6fdd864 100644
--- a/src/libstd/thread/local.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/thread/local.rs
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ mod imp {
         use sys_common::thread_local as os;
 
         extern {
+            #[linkage = "extern_weak"]
             static __dso_handle: *mut u8;
             #[linkage = "extern_weak"]
             static __cxa_thread_atexit_impl: *const ();