diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cdc1d4cb..d0d4f3e3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ variables:
     - "rustup target add $TARGET"
     # If provided, bring in caching through sccache, which uses an external S3 endpoint to store compilation results:
     - if [ -n "${SCCACHE_BIN_URL}" ]; then curl $SCCACHE_BIN_URL --output /sccache && chmod +x /sccache && export RUSTC_WRAPPER=/sccache; fi
+    # Make sure that cc-rs links the correct libraries when cross-compiling (required for compiling librocksdb-sys)
+    # See https://github.com/alexcrichton/cc-rs#external-configuration-via-environment-variables for more information
+    - 'export TARGET_CFLAGS="-L$TARGET_HOME/lib -latomic"'
+    # Make sure that rust-bindgen uses the correct include path when cross-compiling (required for compiling librocksdb-sys)
+    # See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-bindgen#environment-variables for more information
+    - 'export BINDGEN_EXTRA_CLANG_ARGS="-I$TARGET_C_INCLUDE_PATH"'
   script:
     - time cargo build --target $TARGET --release
     - 'cp "target/$TARGET/release/conduit" "conduit-$TARGET"'