diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index a6e5e594e2..836bd23ba9 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -416,6 +416,12 @@ setup_toolchain() {
       export _python_sysroot="$SYSROOT_PREFIX"
       export _python_prefix=/usr
       export _python_exec_prefix=/usr
+
+      # rust
+      export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="${PKG_BUILD}/.${TARGET_NAME}/target"
+      export CARGO_HOME="$(get_build_dir rust)/cargo_home"
+      export RUST_TARGET_PATH="${TOOLCHAIN}/lib/rustlib/"
+
       ;;
     host:*|bootstrap:*)
       export DESTIMAGE="host"
@@ -467,6 +473,23 @@ setup_toolchain() {
       export _python_sysroot="$TOOLCHAIN"
       export _python_prefix=/
       export _python_exec_prefix=/
+
+      # rust
+      case "${MACHINE_HARDWARE_CPU}" in
+        "arm")
+          RUST_HOST="arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf"
+          ;;
+        "aarch64")
+          RUST_HOST="aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+          ;;
+        "x86_64")
+          RUST_HOST="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+          ;;
+      esac
+
+      export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="${PKG_BUILD}/.${RUST_HOST}/target"
+      export CARGO_HOME="$(get_build_dir rust)/cargo_home"
+      export RUST_TARGET_PATH="${TOOLCHAIN}/lib/rustlib/"
       ;;
   esac
 }
diff --git a/packages/rust/rust/package.mk b/packages/rust/rust/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f03faec883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rust/rust/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright (C) 2017-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
+
+PKG_NAME="rust"
+PKG_VERSION="1.60.0"
+PKG_SHA256="20ca826d1cf674daf8e22c4f8c4b9743af07973211c839b85839742314c838b7"
+PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
+PKG_SITE="https://www.rust-lang.org"
+PKG_URL="https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-${PKG_VERSION}-src.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain llvm:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_UNPACK="rustc-snapshot rust-std-snapshot cargo-snapshot"
+PKG_LONGDESC="A systems programming language that prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety."
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
+
+pre_configure_host() {
+  "$(get_build_dir rustc-snapshot)/install.sh" --prefix="${PKG_BUILD}/rust-snapshot" --disable-ldconfig
+  "$(get_build_dir rust-std-snapshot)/install.sh" --prefix="${PKG_BUILD}/rust-snapshot" --disable-ldconfig
+  "$(get_build_dir cargo-snapshot)/install.sh" --prefix="${PKG_BUILD}/rust-snapshot" --disable-ldconfig
+}
+
+configure_host() {
+
+  mkdir -p ${PKG_BUILD}/targets
+
+  case "${TARGET_ARCH}" in
+    "arm")
+      # the arm target is special because we specify the subarch. ie armv8a
+      cp -a ${PKG_DIR}/targets/arm-libreelec-linux-gnueabihf.json ${PKG_BUILD}/targets/${TARGET_NAME}.json
+      ;;
+    "aarch64"|"x86_64")
+      cp -a ${PKG_DIR}/targets/${TARGET_NAME}.json ${PKG_BUILD}/targets/${TARGET_NAME}.json
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  cat > ${PKG_BUILD}/config.toml <<END
+changelog-seen = 2
+
+[target.${TARGET_NAME}]
+llvm-config = "${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/llvm-config"
+cxx = "${TARGET_PREFIX}g++"
+cc = "${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc"
+
+[target.${RUST_HOST}]
+llvm-config = "${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/llvm-config"
+cxx = "${CXX}"
+cc = "${CC}"
+
+[rust]
+rpath = true
+channel = "stable"
+codegen-tests = false
+optimize = true
+
+[build]
+submodules = false
+docs = false
+profiler = true
+vendor = true
+
+rustc = "${PKG_BUILD}/rust-snapshot/bin/rustc"
+cargo = "${PKG_BUILD}/rust-snapshot/bin/cargo"
+
+target = [
+  "${TARGET_NAME}",
+  "${RUST_HOST}"
+]
+
+host = [
+  "${RUST_HOST}"
+]
+
+build = "${RUST_HOST}"
+
+[install]
+prefix = "${TOOLCHAIN}"
+bindir = "${TOOLCHAIN}/bin"
+libdir = "${TOOLCHAIN}/lib"
+datadir = "${TOOLCHAIN}/share"
+mandir = "${TOOLCHAIN}/share/man"
+
+END
+
+CARGO_HOME="${PKG_BUILD}/cargo_home"
+mkdir -p "${CARGO_HOME}"
+
+cat > ${CARGO_HOME}/config << END
+[target.${TARGET_NAME}]
+linker = "${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc"
+
+[target.${RUST_HOST}]
+linker = "${CC}"
+rustflags = ["-C", "link-arg=-Wl,-rpath,${TOOLCHAIN}/lib"]
+
+[build]
+target-dir = "${PKG_BUILD}/target"
+
+[term]
+progress.when = 'always'
+progress.width = 80
+
+END
+
+}
+
+make_host() {
+  cd ${PKG_BUILD}
+
+  unset CFLAGS
+  unset CXXFLAGS
+  unset CPPFLAGS
+  unset LDFLAGS
+
+  export RUST_TARGET_PATH="${PKG_BUILD}/targets/"
+
+  python3 src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py -j ${CONCURRENCY_MAKE_LEVEL} build --stage 2 --verbose
+}
+
+makeinstall_host() {
+  mkdir -p ${TOOLCHAIN}/bin
+    cp -a build/${RUST_HOST}/stage2/bin/* ${TOOLCHAIN}/bin
+
+  mkdir -p ${TOOLCHAIN}/lib/rustlib
+    cp -a build/${RUST_HOST}/stage2/lib/* ${TOOLCHAIN}/lib
+
+    cp -a ${PKG_BUILD}/targets/*.json ${TOOLCHAIN}/lib/rustlib/
+}
diff --git a/packages/rust/rust/targets/aarch64-libreelec-linux-gnu.json b/packages/rust/rust/targets/aarch64-libreelec-linux-gnu.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dba97d832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rust/rust/targets/aarch64-libreelec-linux-gnu.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "arch": "aarch64",
+  "crt-static-respected": true,
+  "data-layout": "e-m:e-i8:8:32-i16:16:32-i64:64-i128:128-n32:64-S128",
+  "dynamic-linking": true,
+  "env": "gnu",
+  "executables": true,
+  "features": "+outline-atomics",
+  "has-rpath": true,
+  "has-thread-local": true,
+  "is-builtin": false,
+  "llvm-target": "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
+  "max-atomic-width": 128,
+  "os": "linux",
+  "position-independent-executables": true,
+  "relro-level": "full",
+  "supported-sanitizers": [
+    "address",
+    "cfi",
+    "leak",
+    "memory",
+    "memtag",
+    "thread",
+    "hwaddress"
+  ],
+  "target-family": [
+    "unix"
+  ],
+  "target-mcount": "\u0001_mcount",
+  "target-pointer-width": "64"
+}
+
diff --git a/packages/rust/rust/targets/arm-libreelec-linux-gnueabihf.json b/packages/rust/rust/targets/arm-libreelec-linux-gnueabihf.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..351e10419e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rust/rust/targets/arm-libreelec-linux-gnueabihf.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "abi": "eabihf",
+  "arch": "arm",
+  "crt-static-respected": true,
+  "data-layout": "e-m:e-p:32:32-Fi8-i64:64-v128:64:128-a:0:32-n32-S64",
+  "dynamic-linking": true,
+  "env": "gnu",
+  "executables": true,
+  "features": "+strict-align,+v6,+vfp2,-d32",
+  "has-rpath": true,
+  "has-thread-local": true,
+  "is-builtin": false,
+  "llvm-target": "arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf",
+  "max-atomic-width": 64,
+  "os": "linux",
+  "position-independent-executables": true,
+  "relro-level": "full",
+  "target-family": [
+    "unix"
+  ],
+  "target-mcount": "\u0001__gnu_mcount_nc",
+  "target-pointer-width": "32"
+}
diff --git a/packages/rust/rust/targets/x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu.json b/packages/rust/rust/targets/x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f30f36ddcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rust/rust/targets/x86_64-libreelec-linux-gnu.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "arch": "x86_64",
+  "cpu": "x86-64",
+  "crt-static-respected": true,
+  "data-layout": "e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128",
+  "dynamic-linking": true,
+  "env": "gnu",
+  "executables": true,
+  "has-rpath": true,
+  "has-thread-local": true,
+  "is-builtin": false,
+  "llvm-target": "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
+  "max-atomic-width": 64,
+  "os": "linux",
+  "position-independent-executables": true,
+  "pre-link-args": {
+    "gcc": [
+      "-m64"
+    ]
+  },
+  "relro-level": "full",
+  "stack-probes": {
+    "kind": "call"
+  },
+  "static-position-independent-executables": true,
+  "supported-sanitizers": [
+    "address",
+    "cfi",
+    "leak",
+    "memory",
+    "thread"
+  ],
+  "target-family": [
+    "unix"
+  ],
+  "target-pointer-width": "64"
+}
+