diff --git a/srcpkgs/rust/template b/srcpkgs/rust/template
index 775f5a0a9fe..e5761b95759 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rust/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rust/template
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ checksum=d326d22707f0562d669c11efbc33ae812ddbf76ab78f07087fc5beb095a8928a
 disable_debug=yes
 
 do_configure() {
-	./configure --prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr --disable-docs
+	./configure --prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr --disable-docs \
+		--host-triple=${XBPS_MACHINE}-unknown-linux-gnu
 }
 
 do_build() {