diff --git a/srcpkgs/rust/template b/srcpkgs/rust/template
index 93d022d66f6..aa7f4cd6fa3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rust/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rust/template
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ wrksrc="rustc-${version/.beta/-beta}"
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=configure
 only_for_archs="x86_64 x86_64-musl i686 i686-musl"
-configure_args="--prefix=/usr --disable-docs --build=$(gcc -dumpmachine)"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config curl python"
 short_desc="A safe, concurrent, practical systems language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -15,6 +14,12 @@ license="MIT, Apache-2.0"
 distfiles="https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-${version/.beta/-beta}-src.tar.gz"
 checksum=cb09f443b37ec1b81fe73c04eb413f9f656859cf7d00bc5088008cbc2a63fa8a
 
+do_configure() {
+	ln -sf x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.mk mk/cfg/x86_64-linux-gnu.mk
+	ln -sf i686-unknown-linux-gnu.mk mk/cfg/i686-pc-linux-gnu.mk
+	ln -sf x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.mk mk/cfg/x86_64-linux-musl.mk
+	./configure --musl-root=/usr --prefix=/usr --disable-docs --enable-ccache --build=$XBPS_TRIPLET
+}
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYRIGHT
 	vlicense LICENSE-APACHE