diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/aarch64-musl.sh b/common/cross-profiles/aarch64-musl.sh
index d17a09b5ad2..9617f875a6b 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/aarch64-musl.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/aarch64-musl.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="aarch64-linux-musl"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv8-a"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_FFLAGS=""
+XBPS_CROSS_RUSTFLAGS="--sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
+XBPS_CROSS_RUST_TARGET="aarch64-unknown-linux-musl"
diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/aarch64.sh b/common/cross-profiles/aarch64.sh
index c4ab53f7884..189cb60fbfd 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/aarch64.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/aarch64.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ XBPS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv8-a"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_FFLAGS=""
+XBPS_CROSS_RUSTFLAGS="--sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
+XBPS_CROSS_RUST_TARGET="aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"
diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/armv6l-musl.sh b/common/cross-profiles/armv6l-musl.sh
index b03e7a8d548..fa1e550d9a4 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/armv6l-musl.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/armv6l-musl.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="arm-linux-musleabihf"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv6 -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_FFLAGS=""
+XBPS_CROSS_RUSTFLAGS="--sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
+XBPS_CROSS_RUST_TARGET="arm-unknown-linux-musleabihf"
diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/armv6l.sh b/common/cross-profiles/armv6l.sh
index 8d52f97cd4a..227b0b08051 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/armv6l.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/armv6l.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="arm-linux-gnueabihf"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv6 -mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_FFLAGS=""
+XBPS_CROSS_RUSTFLAGS="--sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
+XBPS_CROSS_RUST_TARGET="arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf"
diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/armv7l-musl.sh b/common/cross-profiles/armv7l-musl.sh
index 3b88cd4bada..4f41a86ee7f 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/armv7l-musl.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/armv7l-musl.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="armv7l-linux-musleabihf"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3 -mfloat-abi=hard"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_FFLAGS=""
+XBPS_CROSS_RUSTFLAGS="--sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
+XBPS_CROSS_RUST_TARGET="armv7-unknown-linux-musleabihf"
diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/armv7l.sh b/common/cross-profiles/armv7l.sh
index 8e8a378f1fe..ba2f7c5c686 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/armv7l.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/armv7l.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="armv7l-linux-gnueabihf"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3 -mfloat-abi=hard"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_FFLAGS=""
+XBPS_CROSS_RUSTFLAGS="--sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
+XBPS_CROSS_RUST_TARGET="armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf"
diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh b/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh
index e658725283c..7f40641799b 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/i686-musl.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="i686-linux-musl"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=i686"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_FFLAGS=""
+XBPS_CROSS_RUSTFLAGS="--sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
+XBPS_CROSS_RUST_TARGET="i686-unknown-linux-musl"
diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/i686.sh b/common/cross-profiles/i686.sh
index 9937694530a..08139ef6646 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/i686.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/i686.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-march=i686"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_FFLAGS=""
+XBPS_CROSS_RUSTFLAGS="--sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
+XBPS_CROSS_RUST_TARGET="i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
diff --git a/common/cross-profiles/x86_64-musl.sh b/common/cross-profiles/x86_64-musl.sh
index 58df5faa296..e3f784d131a 100644
--- a/common/cross-profiles/x86_64-musl.sh
+++ b/common/cross-profiles/x86_64-musl.sh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET="x86_64-linux-musl"
 XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS="-mtune=generic"
 XBPS_CROSS_CXXFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_CFLAGS"
 XBPS_CROSS_FFLAGS=""
+XBPS_CROSS_RUSTFLAGS="--sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
+XBPS_CROSS_RUST_TARGET="${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}"
diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
index 486b8311cca..fee0136706b 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/common.sh
@@ -522,6 +522,10 @@ setup_pkg() {
         export CXXFLAGS_host="$XBPS_CXXFLAGS"
         export CPPFLAGS_host="$XBPS_CPPFLAGS"
         export LDFLAGS_host="$XBPS_LDFLAGS"
+        # Rust flags which are passed to rustc
+        export RUSTFLAGS="$XBPS_CROSS_RUSTFLAGS"
+        # Rust target, which differs from our triplets
+        export RUST_TARGET="$XBPS_CROSS_RUST_TARGET"
     else
         export CC="cc"
         export CXX="g++"
@@ -537,6 +541,7 @@ setup_pkg() {
         export OBJCOPY="objcopy"
         export NM="nm"
         export READELF="readelf"
+        export RUST_TARGET="$XBPS_RUST_TARGET"
         # Unse cross evironment variables
         unset CC_target CXX_target CPP_target GCC_target FC_target LD_target AR_target AS_target
         unset RANLIB_target STRIP_target OBJDUMP_target OBJCOPY_target NM_target READELF_target