diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.81.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.81.0.bb
index 15ecbf74a0..fe8a81e7ae 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.81.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.81.0.bb
@@ -277,10 +277,12 @@ rust_do_install:class-nativesdk() {
     mkdir "${ENV_SETUP_DIR}"
     RUST_ENV_SETUP_SH="${ENV_SETUP_DIR}/rust.sh"
     RUST_HOST_TRIPLE=`echo ${RUST_HOST_SYS} | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' | sed 's/-/_/g'`
+    RUST_HOST_CC=`echo ${RUST_HOST_SYS} | sed 's/-/_/g'`
     SDKLOADER=${@bb.utils.contains('SDK_ARCH', 'x86_64', 'ld-linux-x86-64.so.2', '', d)}${@bb.utils.contains('SDK_ARCH', 'i686', 'ld-linux.so.2', '', d)}${@bb.utils.contains('SDK_ARCH', 'aarch64', 'ld-linux-aarch64.so.1', '', d)}${@bb.utils.contains('SDK_ARCH', 'ppc64le', 'ld64.so.2', '', d)}${@bb.utils.contains('SDK_ARCH', 'riscv64', 'ld-linux-riscv64-lp64d.so.1', '', d)}
 
     cat <<- EOF > "${RUST_ENV_SETUP_SH}"
 	export CARGO_TARGET_${RUST_HOST_TRIPLE}_RUNNER="\$OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT/lib/${SDKLOADER}"
+	export CC_$RUST_HOST_CC="${CCACHE}${HOST_PREFIX}gcc"
 	EOF
 }