diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index d6e1faa28c58eb..adda3497250853 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
 	default "arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig" if X86_32
 	default "arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig" if X86_64
 
+config ARCH_RUST_TARGET
+        string
+        default "x86_64-linux-kernel" if X86_64
+
 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
 	def_bool y
 
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index b4daad2bac233c..cd16edd51fdc02 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1951,6 +1951,32 @@ config PROFILING
 config TRACEPOINTS
 	bool
 
+config HAS_RUST
+  def_bool $(success,rustc --version)
+
+config HAS_CARGO
+  def_bool $(success,cargo --version)
+
+config MENU_RUST
+  bool "Enables building kernel modules written in Rust"
+  depends on HAS_RUST
+  depends on HAS_CARGO
+  help
+    Whether to support building modules written in Rust.
+
+config RUST_DISABLE
+        bool
+        depends on RUST_MENU
+        help
+          This option disables the support for Rust, so that make
+          allyesconfig and make allmodconfig will not enable it. To
+          build modules written in Rust, leave this option set to 'n'.
+
+config RUST
+        bool
+        default y
+        depends on RUST_MENU && !RUST_DISABLE
+
 endmenu		# General setup
 
 source "arch/Kconfig"
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index f72aba64d611d2..9515eca591fc1e 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -283,6 +283,19 @@ quiet_cmd_cc_lst_c = MKLST   $@
 $(obj)/%.lst: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_lst_c)
 
+# Compile Rust sources
+# --------------------
+
+ifdef CONFIG_RUST
+CARGO ?= cargo
+
+# TODO: release/debug
+$(obj)/%.rust.o: $(src)/Cargo.toml $(src)/Cargo.lock $(wildcard $(src)/src/*.rs) FORCE
+	cd $(src); env -u MAKE -u MAKEFLAGS KDIR="$(CURDIR)/$(srctree)" $(CARGO) build -Z build-std=core,alloc --target=$(CONFIG_ARCH_RUST_TARGET)
+	$(LD) -r -o $@ --whole-archive $(src)/target/$(CONFIG_ARCH_RUST_TARGET)/debug/lib$(patsubst %.rust.o,%.a,$(@F))
+
+endif
+
 # header test (header-test-y, header-test-m target)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------