diff --git a/packages/rust/build.sh b/packages/rust/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b56ae211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rust/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.rust-lang.org/
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Systems programming language focused on safety, speed and concurrency"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.29.2
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION-src.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=5088e796aa2e47478cdf41e7243fc5443fafab0a7c70a11423e57c80c04167c9
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="clang, openssl"
+
+termux_step_configure () {
+	termux_setup_cmake
+
+	if [ "$TERMUX_ARCH" = "arm" ]; then
+		TRIPLE="armv7-linux-androideabi"
+	else
+		TRIPLE="$TERMUX_HOST_PLATFORM"
+	fi
+
+	sed "s%\\@TERMUX_PREFIX\\@%$TERMUX_PREFIX%g" \
+		$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/config.toml \
+		| sed "s%\\@TERMUX_STANDALONE_TOOLCHAIN\\@%$TERMUX_STANDALONE_TOOLCHAIN%g" \
+		| sed "s%\\@TERMUX_STANDALONE_TOOLCHAIN\\@%$TERMUX_STANDALONE_TOOLCHAIN%g" \
+		| sed "s%\\@TRIPLE\\@%$TRIPLE%g" \
+		> config.toml
+
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/llvm/lib
+	export OPENSSL_DIR=$TERMUX_PREFIX
+
+	unset CC CXX CPP LD CFLAGS CXXFLAGS CPPFLAGS LDFLAGS
+}
+
+termux_step_make () {
+	$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/x.py dist
+
+}
+
+termux_step_make_install () {
+	$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/x.py install
+}
diff --git a/packages/rust/config.toml b/packages/rust/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a43d14e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rust/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+[llvm]
+link-shared = true
+
+[build]
+host = ["@TRIPLE@"]
+target = ["@TRIPLE@"]
+
+python = "python2.7"
+extended = true
+sanitizers = false
+
+[install]
+prefix = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@"
+sysconfdir = "etc"
+
+[rust]
+codegen-units = 1
+
+use-jemalloc = false
+
+debuginfo = true
+debuginfo-lines = true
+
+channel = "stable"
+
+rpath = false
+
+[target.@TRIPLE@]
+android-ndk = "@TERMUX_STANDALONE_TOOLCHAIN@"
+llvm-config = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/llvm-config"
+
+[dist]
+src-tarball = false
diff --git a/packages/rust/no-host-build.patch b/packages/rust/no-host-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee868f747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rust/no-host-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- ../rustc-1.29.2-src/src/bootstrap/config.rs	2018-10-05 15:19:57.000000000 -0700
++++ ./src/bootstrap/config.rs	2018-10-19 14:18:14.000000000 -0700
+@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@
+ 
+         let build = toml.build.clone().unwrap_or(Build::default());
+         // set by bootstrap.py
+-        config.hosts.push(config.build.clone());
+         for host in build.host.iter() {
+             let host = INTERNER.intern_str(host);
+             if !config.hosts.contains(&host) {
diff --git a/packages/rust/os-tmpdir.patch b/packages/rust/os-tmpdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6afb60e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rust/os-tmpdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ../rustc-1.29.2-src/src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs	2018-10-19 14:12:31.000000000 -0700
++++ ./src/libstd/sys/unix/os.rs	2018-10-19 14:11:20.000000000 -0700
+@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
+ pub fn temp_dir() -> PathBuf {
+     ::env::var_os("TMPDIR").map(PathBuf::from).unwrap_or_else(|| {
+         if cfg!(target_os = "android") {
+-            PathBuf::from("/data/local/tmp")
++            PathBuf::from("/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/tmp")
+         } else {
+             PathBuf::from("/tmp")
+         }