2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/cargo_common.bbclass b/meta/classes/cargo_common.bbclass
index dcd0afd980..4a419cdd0a 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cargo_common.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cargo_common.bbclass
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ cargo_common_do_configure () {
                 EOF
         fi
 
+        if [ "${RUST_TARGET_SYS}" != "${RUST_BUILD_SYS}" -a "${RUST_TARGET_SYS}" != "${RUST_HOST_SYS}"]; then
+                cat <<- EOF >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
+
+                # TARGET_SYS
+                [target.${RUST_TARGET_SYS}]
+                linker = "${RUST_TARGET_CCLD}"
+                EOF
+        fi
+
         # Put build output in build directory preferred by bitbake instead of
         # inside source directory unless they are the same
         if [ "${B}" != "${S}" ]; then
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc
index 5730887411..12c86e02c4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ setup_cargo_environment () {
     # x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.
     # Later stages are build for the native target (i.e. target.x86_64-linux)
     cargo_common_do_configure
-
-    printf '[target.%s]\n' "${RUST_BUILD_SYS}" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
-    printf "linker = '%s'\n" "${RUST_BUILD_CCLD}" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
 }
 
 inherit rust-target-config