diff --git a/srcpkgs/cargo/template b/srcpkgs/cargo/template
index 4f29e6557c1..923c5369e78 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cargo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cargo/template
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ esac
 
 post_extract() {
 	mkdir -p target/snapshot
-	cp ../cargo-${_cargo_dist_version}-${RUST_TARGET}/cargo/bin/cargo cargo
+	cp ../cargo-${_cargo_dist_version}-${RUST_BUILD}/cargo/bin/cargo cargo
 }
 
 do_build() {