diff --git a/classes/cargo.bbclass b/classes/cargo.bbclass
index 0623cf3..9bbc49d 100644
--- a/classes/cargo.bbclass
+++ b/classes/cargo.bbclass
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-# add crate fetch support
-inherit crate-fetch
-inherit rust-common
+##
+## Purpose:
+## This class is used by any recipes that are built using
+## Cargo.
+
+inherit cargo_common
 
 # the binary we will use
 CARGO = "cargo"
 
-# Where we download our registry and dependencies to
-export CARGO_HOME = "${WORKDIR}/cargo_home"
-
 # We need cargo to compile for the target
 BASEDEPENDS_append = " cargo-native"
 
@@ -22,38 +22,6 @@ B = "${S}"
 # where the issue occured
 export RUST_BACKTRACE = "1"
 
-# The pkg-config-rs library used by cargo build scripts disables itself when
-# cross compiling unless this is defined. We set up pkg-config appropriately
-# for cross compilation, so tell it we know better than it.
-export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS = "1"
-
-cargo_do_configure () {
-	mkdir -p ${CARGO_HOME}
-	echo "paths = [" > ${CARGO_HOME}/config
-
-	for p in ${EXTRA_OECARGO_PATHS}; do
-		printf "\"%s\"\n" "$p"
-	done | sed -e 's/$/,/' >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
-	echo "]" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
-
-	# Point cargo at our local mirror of the registry
-	cat <<- EOF >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
-	[source.bitbake]
-	directory = "${CARGO_HOME}/bitbake"
-
-	[source.crates-io]
-	replace-with = "bitbake"
-	local-registry = "/nonexistant"
-	EOF
-
-	echo "[target.${HOST_SYS}]" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
-	echo "linker = '${RUST_TARGET_CCLD}'" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
-	if [ "${HOST_SYS}" != "${BUILD_SYS}" ]; then
-		echo "[target.${BUILD_SYS}]" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
-		echo "linker = '${RUST_BUILD_CCLD}'" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
-	fi
-}
-
 RUSTFLAGS ??= ""
 CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS = "-v --target ${HOST_SYS} --release"
 RUST_TARGET_PATH = "${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/rustlib"
@@ -70,26 +38,6 @@ oe_cargo_build () {
 	"${CARGO}" build ${CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS} "$@"
 }
 
-oe_cargo_fix_env () {
-	export CC="${RUST_TARGET_CC}"
-	export CXX="${RUST_TARGET_CXX}"
-	export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
-	export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
-	export AR="${AR}"
-	export TARGET_CC="${RUST_TARGET_CC}"
-	export TARGET_CXX="${RUST_TARGET_CXX}"
-	export TARGET_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
-	export TARGET_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
-	export TARGET_AR="${AR}"
-	export HOST_CC="${RUST_BUILD_CC}"
-	export HOST_CXX="${RUST_BUILD_CXX}"
-	export HOST_CFLAGS="${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
-	export HOST_CXXFLAGS="${BUILD_CXXFLAGS}"
-	export HOST_AR="${BUILD_AR}"
-}
-
-EXTRA_OECARGO_PATHS ??= ""
-
 cargo_do_compile () {
 	oe_cargo_fix_env
 	oe_cargo_build
@@ -113,4 +61,4 @@ cargo_do_install () {
 	fi
 }
 
-EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure do_compile do_install
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install
diff --git a/classes/cargo_common.bbclass b/classes/cargo_common.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9958265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/cargo_common.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+##
+## Purpose:
+## This class is to support building with cargo. It
+## must be different than cargo.bbclass because Rust
+## now builds with Cargo but cannot use cargo.bbclass
+## due to dependencies and assumptions in cargo.bbclass
+## that Rust & Cargo are already installed. So this
+## is used by cargo.bbclass and Rust
+##
+
+# add crate fetch support
+inherit crate-fetch
+inherit rust-common
+
+# Where we download our registry and dependencies to
+export CARGO_HOME = "${WORKDIR}/cargo_home"
+
+# The pkg-config-rs library used by cargo build scripts disables itself when
+# cross compiling unless this is defined. We set up pkg-config appropriately
+# for cross compilation, so tell it we know better than it.
+export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS = "1"
+
+cargo_common_do_configure () {
+	mkdir -p ${CARGO_HOME}
+	echo "paths = [" > ${CARGO_HOME}/config
+
+	for p in ${EXTRA_OECARGO_PATHS}; do
+		printf "\"%s\"\n" "$p"
+	done | sed -e 's/$/,/' >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
+	echo "]" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
+
+	# Point cargo at our local mirror of the registry
+	cat <<- EOF >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
+	[source.bitbake]
+	directory = "${CARGO_HOME}/bitbake"
+
+	[source.crates-io]
+	replace-with = "bitbake"
+	local-registry = "/nonexistant"
+	EOF
+
+	echo "[target.${HOST_SYS}]" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
+	echo "linker = '${RUST_TARGET_CCLD}'" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
+	if [ "${HOST_SYS}" != "${BUILD_SYS}" ]; then
+		echo "[target.${BUILD_SYS}]" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
+		echo "linker = '${RUST_BUILD_CCLD}'" >> ${CARGO_HOME}/config
+	fi
+}
+
+oe_cargo_fix_env () {
+	export CC="${RUST_TARGET_CC}"
+	export CXX="${RUST_TARGET_CXX}"
+	export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
+	export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
+	export AR="${AR}"
+	export TARGET_CC="${RUST_TARGET_CC}"
+	export TARGET_CXX="${RUST_TARGET_CXX}"
+	export TARGET_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
+	export TARGET_CFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
+	export TARGET_AR="${AR}"
+	export HOST_CC="${RUST_BUILD_CC}"
+	export HOST_CXX="${RUST_BUILD_CXX}"
+	export HOST_CFLAGS="${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
+	export HOST_CXXFLAGS="${BUILD_CXXFLAGS}"
+	export HOST_AR="${BUILD_AR}"
+}
+
+EXTRA_OECARGO_PATHS ??= ""
+
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure