diff --git a/mesonbuild/cargo/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/cargo/interpreter.py
index 4e10110a5aea..3a4cccfa638b 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/cargo/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/cargo/interpreter.py
@@ -645,7 +645,9 @@ def _create_lib(self, pkg: PackageState, build: builder.Builder, crate_type: man
             dep = pkg.manifest.dependencies[name]
             dependencies.append(build.identifier(_dependency_varname(dep.package)))
             if name != dep.package:
-                dependency_map[build.string(fixup_meson_varname(dep.package))] = build.string(name)
+                dep_pkg = self._dep_package(dep)
+                dep_lib_name = dep_pkg.manifest.lib.name
+                dependency_map[build.string(fixup_meson_varname(dep_lib_name))] = build.string(name)
 
         rust_args: T.List[mparser.BaseNode] = [
             build.identifier('features_args'),
@@ -655,7 +657,7 @@ def _create_lib(self, pkg: PackageState, build: builder.Builder, crate_type: man
         dependencies.append(build.identifier(_extra_deps_varname()))
 
         posargs: T.List[mparser.BaseNode] = [
-            build.string(fixup_meson_varname(pkg.manifest.package.name)),
+            build.string(fixup_meson_varname(pkg.manifest.lib.name)),
             build.string(pkg.manifest.lib.path),
         ]
 
diff --git a/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-0-rs/Cargo.toml b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-0-rs/Cargo.toml
index 858efa4dd9cc..8c5351a77b2e 100644
--- a/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-0-rs/Cargo.toml	
+++ b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-0-rs/Cargo.toml	
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ mybar = { version = "0.1", package = "bar", default-features = false }
 version = "0.0.1"
 features = ["f1"]
 
+[dependencies.libname]
+version = "1"
+
 [features]
 default = ["f1"]
 f1 = ["f2", "f3"]
diff --git a/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-0-rs/lib.rs b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-0-rs/lib.rs
index a1a976a80339..4497dc4a4f3e 100644
--- a/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-0-rs/lib.rs	
+++ b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-0-rs/lib.rs	
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 extern crate common;
+extern crate libothername;
 
 extern "C" {
     fn extra_func() -> i32;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn rust_func() -> i32 {
     assert!(common::common_func() == 0);
+    assert!(libothername::stuff() == 42);
     let v: i32;
     unsafe {
          v = extra_func();
diff --git a/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/libname-1-rs.wrap b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/libname-1-rs.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..99686e90e78e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/libname-1-rs.wrap	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[wrap-file]
+method = cargo
diff --git a/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/libname-1-rs/Cargo.toml b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/libname-1-rs/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1fbc87c166ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/libname-1-rs/Cargo.toml	
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "libname"
+version = "1"
+
+[lib]
+name="libothername"
+path = "lib.rs"
diff --git a/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/libname-1-rs/lib.rs b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/libname-1-rs/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff82dd1004be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/libname-1-rs/lib.rs	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub fn stuff() -> i32 {
+    42
+}