diff --git a/bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-fn-block-attrs-many.rs b/bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-block-attrs-many.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-fn-block-attrs-many.rs
rename to bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-block-attrs-many.rs
diff --git a/bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-fn-block-attrs.rs b/bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-block-attrs-merge.rs
similarity index 59%
rename from bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-fn-block-attrs.rs
rename to bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-block-attrs-merge.rs
index 657cec106a..5d2e5713d0 100644
--- a/bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-fn-block-attrs.rs
+++ b/bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-block-attrs-merge.rs
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 unsafe extern "C" {
     pub fn test_function();
+    pub static mut test_var: ::std::os::raw::c_int;
+    pub static test_const_var: ::std::os::raw::c_int;
 }
diff --git a/bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-fn-block-attrs-wasm.rs b/bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-block-attrs-wasm.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-fn-block-attrs-wasm.rs
rename to bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-block-attrs-wasm.rs
diff --git a/bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-block-attrs.rs b/bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-block-attrs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61a27ae338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindgen-tests/tests/expectations/tests/extern-block-attrs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#![allow(dead_code, non_snake_case, non_camel_case_types, non_upper_case_globals)]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+unsafe extern "C" {
+    pub fn test_function();
+}
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+unsafe extern "C" {
+    pub static mut test_var: ::std::os::raw::c_int;
+}
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+unsafe extern "C" {
+    pub static test_const_var: ::std::os::raw::c_int;
+}
diff --git a/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-block-attrs-many.h b/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-block-attrs-many.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..082340722d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-block-attrs-many.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// bindgen-flags: --extern-block-attrs '#[allow(dead_code)]' --extern-block-attrs '#[cfg_attr(not(windows), link(wasm_import_module = "test-module"))]'
+
+void test_function();
diff --git a/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-block-attrs-merge.h b/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-block-attrs-merge.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1b1493f3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-block-attrs-merge.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// bindgen-flags: --extern-block-attrs '#[allow(dead_code)]' --merge-extern-blocks
+
+void test_function();
+
+extern int test_var;
+extern const int test_const_var;
diff --git a/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-block-attrs-wasm.h b/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-block-attrs-wasm.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7db1a308fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-block-attrs-wasm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// bindgen-flags: --extern-block-attrs '#[allow(dead_code)]' --wasm-import-module-name test-module
+
+void test_function();
diff --git a/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-block-attrs.h b/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-block-attrs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00102ac343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-block-attrs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// bindgen-flags: --extern-block-attrs '#[allow(dead_code)]'
+
+void test_function();
+
+extern int test_var;
+extern const int test_const_var;
diff --git a/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-fn-block-attrs-many.h b/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-fn-block-attrs-many.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 0de6eebb36..0000000000
--- a/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-fn-block-attrs-many.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// bindgen-flags: --extern-fn-block-attrs '#[allow(dead_code)]' --extern-fn-block-attrs '#[cfg_attr(not(windows), link(wasm_import_module = "test-module"))]'
-
-void test_function();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-fn-block-attrs-wasm.h b/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-fn-block-attrs-wasm.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f475f1ed1..0000000000
--- a/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-fn-block-attrs-wasm.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// bindgen-flags: --extern-fn-block-attrs '#[allow(dead_code)]' --wasm-import-module-name test-module
-
-void test_function();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-fn-block-attrs.h b/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-fn-block-attrs.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 26480e2ef0..0000000000
--- a/bindgen-tests/tests/headers/extern-fn-block-attrs.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// bindgen-flags: --extern-fn-block-attrs '#[allow(dead_code)]'
-
-void test_function();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindgen/codegen/mod.rs b/bindgen/codegen/mod.rs
index 7a998c8fac..dfe22abc4e 100644
--- a/bindgen/codegen/mod.rs
+++ b/bindgen/codegen/mod.rs
@@ -844,6 +844,20 @@ impl CodeGenerator for Var {
                 }
             });
 
+            let mut block_attributes = quote! {};
+            for attr in &ctx.options().extern_block_attrs {
+                let parsed_attr = proc_macro2::TokenStream::from_str(attr).unwrap_or_else(
+                    |err| {
+                        panic!(
+                            "Error parsing extern static block attribute `{attr}`: {err}"
+                        )
+                    },
+                );
+                block_attributes.extend(quote! {
+                    #parsed_attr
+                });
+            }
+
             let maybe_mut = if self.is_const() {
                 quote! {}
             } else {
@@ -857,6 +871,7 @@ impl CodeGenerator for Var {
                 .then(|| quote!(unsafe));
 
             let tokens = quote!(
+                #block_attributes
                 #safety extern "C" {
                     #(#attrs)*
                     pub static #maybe_mut #canonical_ident: #ty;
@@ -4785,7 +4800,7 @@ impl CodeGenerator for Function {
         }
 
         let mut block_attributes = quote! {};
-        for attr in &ctx.options().extern_fn_block_attrs {
+        for attr in &ctx.options().extern_block_attrs {
             let parsed_attr = proc_macro2::TokenStream::from_str(attr).unwrap_or_else(
                 |err| {
                     panic!(
diff --git a/bindgen/options/cli.rs b/bindgen/options/cli.rs
index 5304862584..18b16cfcba 100644
--- a/bindgen/options/cli.rs
+++ b/bindgen/options/cli.rs
@@ -448,9 +448,9 @@ struct BindgenCommand {
     /// The NAME to be used in a #[link(wasm_import_module = ...)] statement
     #[arg(long, value_name = "NAME")]
     wasm_import_module_name: Option<String>,
-    /// Attributes to apply to the extern function block.
+    /// Attributes to apply to extern blocks.
     #[arg(long, value_name = "ATTRS")]
-    extern_fn_block_attrs: Vec<String>,
+    extern_block_attrs: Vec<String>,
     /// Use dynamic loading mode with the given library NAME.
     #[arg(long, value_name = "NAME")]
     dynamic_loading: Option<String>,
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ where
         enable_function_attribute_detection,
         use_array_pointers_in_arguments,
         wasm_import_module_name,
-        extern_fn_block_attrs,
+        extern_block_attrs,
         dynamic_loading,
         dynamic_link_require_all,
         prefix_link_name,
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ where
             time_phases,
             use_array_pointers_in_arguments => Builder::array_pointers_in_arguments,
             wasm_import_module_name,
-            extern_fn_block_attrs => Builder::extern_fn_block_attrs,
+            extern_block_attrs => Builder::extern_block_attrs,
             ctypes_prefix,
             anon_fields_prefix,
             generate => Builder::with_codegen_config,
diff --git a/bindgen/options/mod.rs b/bindgen/options/mod.rs
index baa541c5ac..bc0cb75a33 100644
--- a/bindgen/options/mod.rs
+++ b/bindgen/options/mod.rs
@@ -1917,20 +1917,20 @@ options! {
         as_args: "--use-array-pointers-in-arguments",
     },
     /// Attributes to add to all `extern` blocks.
-    extern_fn_block_attrs: Vec<String> {
+    extern_block_attrs: Vec<String> {
         methods: {
             /// Add an attribute to all the `extern` blocks generated by `bindgen`.
             ///
             /// This can be used to add attributes such as `#[link(...)]` to all
             /// the `extern` blocks.
-            pub fn extern_fn_block_attrs<T: Into<String>>(mut self, attr: T) -> Self {
-                self.options.extern_fn_block_attrs.push(attr.into());
+            pub fn extern_block_attrs<T: Into<String>>(mut self, attr: T) -> Self {
+                self.options.extern_block_attrs.push(attr.into());
                 self
             }
         },
         as_args: |attrs, args| {
             for attr in attrs {
-                args.push("--extern-fn-block-attrs".to_owned());
+                args.push("--extern-block-attrs".to_owned());
                 args.push(attr.clone());
             }
         },
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ options! {
                 mut self,
                 import_name: T,
             ) -> Self {
-                self.options.extern_fn_block_attrs.push(format!(
+                self.options.extern_block_attrs.push(format!(
                     "#[link(wasm_import_module = \"{}\")]", import_name.into()
                 ));
                 self