diff --git a/gnu/packages/rust-crates.scm b/gnu/packages/rust-crates.scm
index 787589ed23..1a63f70f8d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/rust-crates.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/rust-crates.scm
@@ -752,6 +752,10 @@
   (crate-source "arbitrary" "1.4.2"
                 "1wcbi4x7i3lzcrkjda4810nqv03lpmvfhb0a85xrq1mbqjikdl63"))
 
+(define rust-arbitrary-int-1.2.7
+  (crate-source "arbitrary-int" "1.2.7"
+                "0vgl3n5zzpdn2hxpz6gqk8zg2psk5gwyjzsgpngzd9iqwc1w0ky8"))
+
 (define rust-arboard-3.5.0
   (crate-source "arboard" "3.5.0"
                 "0w1yqcx51153hy5w3y0702xjc9nmlhncw9f5l0rdwbl62pvj3py1"))
@@ -1476,6 +1480,10 @@
   (crate-source "attribute-derive-macro" "0.10.3"
                 "06zph2lyllkp6g1lsv7v4p84dnglbw2gw58r9fpn1d6m1ynm6fs6"))
 
+(define rust-attrs-0.2.9
+  (crate-source "attrs" "0.2.9"
+                "0pvy6b7arfr2f6awwkw6k1hc8sxidjxhj1fyyf2m5rixyi07s81a"))
+
 (define rust-atty-0.2.11
   (crate-source "atty" "0.2.11"
                 "0lln6vaczj521qqjbaqnb81w5p6xk4fjfkg33r0m22cm4f3mnzcs"))
@@ -2174,6 +2182,14 @@
   (crate-source "bigdecimal" "0.4.10"
                 "159nc0bs6bbzxrpfxbnn83ccyzq8bc2ia40zd22ssfjvavqnfs2d"))
 
+(define rust-bilge-0.2.0
+  (crate-source "bilge" "0.2.0"
+                "0mvvwq9caiq701bmmwyd4q4pc8c69i5zaj3zdk6ya7gqxgc7ww6w"))
+
+(define rust-bilge-impl-0.2.0
+  (crate-source "bilge-impl" "0.2.0"
+                "1n5jml0c1z0np76ms0h5rxx19krblz46h84wycx29b9q4001xcgy"))
+
 (define rust-binascii-0.1.4
   (crate-source "binascii" "0.1.4"
                 "0wnaglgl72pn5ilv61q6y34w76gbg7crb8ifqk6lsxnq2gajjg9q"))
@@ -7405,6 +7421,10 @@
   (crate-source "ego-tree" "0.10.0"
                 "1n2csy99chk5v5vzjl0ff79vxpxhl76xmcb3aj6brrzzipmjz5xj"))
 
+(define rust-either-1.12.0
+  (crate-source "either" "1.12.0"
+                "12xmhlrv5gfsraimh6xaxcmb0qh6cc7w7ap4sw40ky9wfm095jix"))
+
 (define rust-either-1.13.0
   (crate-source "either" "1.13.0"
                 "1w2c1mybrd7vljyxk77y9f4w9dyjrmp3yp82mk7bcm8848fazcb0"))
@@ -8636,6 +8656,10 @@
                 "0aqxjgghmn8javsc5jcvx8lqpcrzajndl7v6q1j47zz87xmy2mrf"
                 #:snippet '(delete-file-recursively "images")))
 
+(define rust-foreign-0.3.1
+  (crate-source "foreign" "0.3.1"
+                "0ijqb18gllqr0319brxsrjdb036cgaf81wc6ygd21ly9x1dipjhp"))
+
 (define rust-foreign-types-0.3.2
   (crate-source "foreign-types" "0.3.2"
                 "1cgk0vyd7r45cj769jym4a6s7vwshvd0z4bqrb92q1fwibmkkwzn"))
@@ -15649,6 +15673,10 @@
   (crate-source "libc" "0.2.155"
                 "0z44c53z54znna8n322k5iwg80arxxpdzjj5260pxxzc9a58icwp"))
 
+(define rust-libc-0.2.162
+  (crate-source "libc" "0.2.162"
+                "1633a00yyx45kzx9r54fndvr8njsjqyr7zl12mzgsmgyczg8glhq"))
+
 (define rust-libc-0.2.169
   (crate-source "libc" "0.2.169"
                 "02m253hs8gw0m1n8iyrsc4n15yzbqwhddi7w1l0ds7i92kdsiaxm"))
@@ -30283,6 +30311,10 @@
                 "0jzf1znfpb2gx8nr8mvmyqs1crnv79l57nxnbiszc7xf7ynbjm1k"
                 #:snippet '(delete-file-recursively "tests")))
 
+(define rust-unicode-ident-1.0.12-unpatched
+  (crate-source "unicode-ident" "1.0.12"
+                "0jzf1znfpb2gx8nr8mvmyqs1crnv79l57nxnbiszc7xf7ynbjm1k"))
+
 (define rust-unicode-ident-1.0.13
   (crate-source "unicode-ident" "1.0.13"
                 "1zm1xylzsdfvm2a5ib9li3g5pp7qnkv4amhspydvgbmd9k6mc6z9"
@@ -68185,6 +68217,43 @@
                                            rust-windows-result-0.4.1
                                            rust-windows-strings-0.5.1
                                            rust-zxcvbn-3.1.0))
+                     (qemu =>
+                           (list rust-anyhow-1.0.98
+                                 rust-arbitrary-int-1.2.7
+                                 rust-attrs-0.2.9
+                                 rust-bilge-0.2.0
+                                 rust-bilge-impl-0.2.0
+                                 rust-cfg-expr-0.20.3
+                                 rust-either-1.12.0
+                                 rust-equivalent-1.0.2
+                                 rust-foreign-0.3.1
+                                 rust-glib-sys-0.21.2
+                                 rust-hashbrown-0.16.0
+                                 rust-heck-0.5.0
+                                 rust-indexmap-2.11.4
+                                 rust-itertools-0.11.0
+                                 rust-libc-0.2.162
+                                 rust-memchr-2.7.6
+                                 rust-pkg-config-0.3.32
+                                 rust-proc-macro-error-1.0.4
+                                 rust-proc-macro-error-attr-1.0.4
+                                 rust-proc-macro2-1.0.95
+                                 rust-quote-1.0.36
+                                 rust-serde-1.0.226
+                                 rust-serde-core-1.0.226
+                                 rust-serde-derive-1.0.226
+                                 rust-serde-spanned-0.6.9
+                                 rust-smallvec-1.15.1
+                                 rust-syn-2.0.104
+                                 rust-system-deps-7.0.5
+                                 rust-target-lexicon-0.13.2
+                                 rust-toml-0.8.23
+                                 rust-toml-datetime-0.6.11
+                                 rust-toml-edit-0.22.27
+                                 rust-unicode-ident-1.0.12-unpatched
+                                 rust-version-compare-0.2.0
+                                 rust-version-check-0.9.4
+                                 rust-winnow-0.7.13))
                      (rabbitmqadmin =>
                                     (list rust-addr2line-0.24.2
                                      rust-adler2-2.0.1
diff --git a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
index 270565bb8e..858a3fe92d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/virtualization.scm
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages ruby)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ruby-check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ruby-xyz)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages rust)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages rust-apps)
   #:use-module (gnu packages rsync)
   #:use-module (gnu packages sdl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages selinux)
@@ -217,6 +219,9 @@
        (modules '((guix build utils)))
        (snippet
         '(begin
+           ;; Delete the bundled rust crates.
+           (delete-file-recursively "subprojects/packagecache")
+           (mkdir-p "subprojects/packagecache")
            ;; TODO: Scrub all firmwares from this directory!
            (with-directory-excursion "pc-bios"
              ;; Delete firmwares provided by SeaBIOS.
@@ -261,28 +266,34 @@
                                             "share/qemu/pxe-virtio.rom"))
                       #~((string-append #$output "/share/qemu"))))
               (out #$output))
-          (list (string-append "--cc=" gcc)
-                ;; Some architectures insist on using HOST_CC.
-                (string-append "--host-cc=" gcc)
-                (string-append "--prefix=" out)
-                "--sysconfdir=/etc"
-                "--enable-fdt=system"
-                (string-append "--firmwarepath=" out "/share/qemu:"
-                               (dirname seabios) ":"
-                               (dirname ipxe) ":"
-                               (dirname openbios) ":"
-                               (dirname opensbi))
-                (string-append "--smbd=" out "/libexec/samba-wrapper")
-                "--disable-debug-info"  ;for space considerations
-                ;; The binaries need to be linked against -lrt.
-                (string-append "--extra-ldflags=-lrt")))
+          (cons* (string-append "--cc=" gcc)
+                 ;; Some architectures insist on using HOST_CC.
+                 (string-append "--host-cc=" gcc)
+                 (string-append "--prefix=" out)
+                 "--sysconfdir=/etc"
+                 "--enable-fdt=system"
+                 (string-append "--firmwarepath=" out "/share/qemu:"
+                                (dirname seabios) ":"
+                                (dirname ipxe) ":"
+                                (dirname openbios) ":"
+                                (dirname opensbi))
+                 (string-append "--smbd=" out "/libexec/samba-wrapper")
+                 "--disable-debug-info"  ;for space considerations
+                 ;; The binaries need to be linked against -lrt.
+                 (string-append "--extra-ldflags=-lrt")
+                 #$@(if (this-package-native-input "rust")
+                        #~((list "--enable-rust"))
+                        #~((list)))))
       ;; Make build and test output verbose to facilitate investigation upon failure.
       #:make-flags #~'("V=1")
       #:modules `((srfi srfi-1)
                   (srfi srfi-26)
                   (ice-9 ftw)
                   (ice-9 match)
+                  ((guix build cargo-build-system) #:prefix cargo:)
                   ,@%default-gnu-modules)
+      #:imported-modules `(,@%cargo-build-system-modules
+                           ,@%default-gnu-imported-modules)
       #:phases
       #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
           ;; Since we removed the bundled firmwares above, many tests
@@ -325,6 +336,29 @@
                                     "\"~a\",~%" file))
                           allowed-differences)
                 (close-port allowed-differences-whitelist))))
+          #$@(if (this-package-native-input "rust")
+                 #~((add-after 'unpack 'prepare-rust-crates
+                      (lambda args
+                        (apply (assoc-ref cargo:%standard-phases
+                                          'prepare-rust-crates)
+                               args)
+                        ;; Use /tmp/rust-crates as the source.
+                        (substitute* (find-files "subprojects" "-rs\\.wrap$")
+                          (("source_url = (.*)" _ url)
+                           (let ((split-url (string-split url #\/)))
+                             (string-append
+                               "source_url = file:///tmp/rust-crates/rust-"
+                               (list-ref split-url 6) "-"
+                               (list-ref split-url 7) ".tar.gz\n"))))
+                        ;; "Download" the packages.
+                        (for-each
+                          (lambda (wrapper)
+                            (invoke "meson" "subprojects" "download"
+                                    (string-drop-right wrapper 5)))
+                          (scandir "subprojects"
+                                   (lambda (file)
+                                     (string-suffix?  "-rs.wrap" file)))))))
+                 #~())
           ;; If the ipxe firmware isn't available, remove it from the list
           ;; of files expected to be available and remove some of the tests.
           #$@(if (not (this-package-input "ipxe-qemu"))
@@ -587,27 +621,38 @@ exec smbd $@")))
             zlib
             `(,zstd "lib"))))
     (native-inputs
-     ;; Note: acpica is here only to pretty-print firmware differences with IASL
-     ;; (see the replace-firmwares phase above).
-     (list acpica
-           bison
-           flex
-           gettext-minimal
-           `(,glib "bin")               ;gtester, etc.
-           meson
-           ninja
-           perl
-           pkg-config
-           python-wrapper
-           python-sphinx
-           python-sphinx-rtd-theme
-           python-tomli
-           texinfo
-           ;; The following static libraries are required to build
-           ;; the static output of QEMU.
-           `(,glib "static")
-           `(,pcre2 "static")
-           `(,zlib "static")))
+     (append
+      ;; The rust code doesn't seem to be in use yet.
+      (if #f ;(supported-package? rust)
+          (append
+            (cons* rust
+                   rust-bindgen-cli
+                   (cargo-inputs 'qemu))
+            (or (and=> (%current-target-system)
+                       (compose list make-rust-sysroot))
+                '()))
+          '())
+      ;; Note: acpica is here only to pretty-print firmware differences with
+      ;; IASL (see the replace-firmwares phase above).
+      (list acpica
+            bison
+            flex
+            gettext-minimal
+            `(,glib "bin")               ;gtester, etc.
+            meson
+            ninja
+            perl
+            pkg-config
+            python-wrapper
+            python-sphinx
+            python-sphinx-rtd-theme
+            python-tomli
+            texinfo
+            ;; The following static libraries are required to build
+            ;; the static output of QEMU.
+            `(,glib "static")
+            `(,pcre2 "static")
+            `(,zlib "static"))))
     (home-page "https://www.qemu.org")
     (synopsis "Machine emulator and virtualizer")
     (description