diff --git a/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo-1.40.0/0001-Disable-http2.patch b/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo-1.40.0/0001-Disable-http2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..168d5a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo-1.40.0/0001-Disable-http2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From f0496287fb754e5b8dd1956f6a0addb55f3b06f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Johan Anderholm <johan.anderholm@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:19:00 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Disable http2
+
+http2 requires that curl is build with nghttp2 which in turn depends on
+many dependencies and ultimately a dependency loop in the case of
+curl-native. As long as multiplexing is disabled in cargo this should
+be fine.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+
+---
+ src/tools/cargo/Cargo.toml | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
+index eea1f42a2..5159890f4 100644
+--- a/Cargo.toml
++++ b/Cargo.toml
+@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ cargo-platform = { path = "crates/cargo-platform", version = "0.1" }
+ crates-io = { path = "crates/crates-io", version = "0.29" }
+ crossbeam-utils = "0.6"
+ crypto-hash = "0.3.1"
+-curl = { version = "0.4.23", features = ["http2"] }
++curl = { version = "0.4.23" }
+ curl-sys = "0.4.22"
+ env_logger = "0.7.0"
+ pretty_env_logger = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo_1.40.0.bb b/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo_1.40.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f048779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/cargo/cargo_1.40.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require recipes-devtools/rust/rust-source-${PV}.inc
+require recipes-devtools/rust/rust-snapshot-${PV}.inc
+require cargo.inc
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM += " \
+    file://LICENSE-APACHE;md5=71b224ca933f0676e26d5c2e2271331c \
+    file://LICENSE-THIRD-PARTY;md5=f257ad009884cb88a3a87d6920e7180a \
+"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rust/libstd-rs_1.40.0.bb b/recipes-devtools/rust/libstd-rs_1.40.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69cb48a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/rust/libstd-rs_1.40.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+require rust-source-${PV}.inc
+require libstd-rs.inc
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://../../COPYRIGHT;md5=93a95682d51b4cb0a633a97046940ef0"
+
+CARGO_FEATURES ?= "panic-unwind backtrace"
+
+CARGO_VENDORING_DIRECTORY = "${RUSTSRC}/vendor"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-cross_1.40.0.bb b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-cross_1.40.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddc25d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-cross_1.40.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+require rust-cross.inc
+require rust-source-${PV}.inc
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-llvm_1.40.0.bb b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-llvm_1.40.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac77a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-llvm_1.40.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+require rust-source-${PV}.inc
+require rust-llvm.inc
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.TXT;md5=8a15a0759ef07f2682d2ba4b893c9afe"
+
+do_install_prepend () {
+	# the install does a sed on this without installing the file
+	# we don't need it for anything
+	mkdir -p "${D}/usr/share/llvm/cmake"
+	touch "${D}/usr/share/llvm/cmake/LLVMExports-noconfig.cmake"
+}
+
+do_install_append () {
+	# we don't need any of this stuff to build Rust
+	rm -rf "${D}/usr/lib/cmake"
+}
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-snapshot-1.40.0.inc b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-snapshot-1.40.0.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22a6dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-snapshot-1.40.0.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+## This is information on the rust-snapshot (binary) used to build our current release.
+## snapshot info is taken from rust/src/stage0.txt
+## TODO: find a way to add additional SRC_URIs based on the contents of an
+##       earlier SRC_URI.
+RS_VERSION = "1.39.0"
+
+RUSTC_SNAPSHOT = "rustc-${RS_VERSION}-${BUILD_ARCH}-unknown-linux-gnu"
+RUST_STD_SNAPSHOT = "rust-std-${RS_VERSION}-${BUILD_ARCH}-unknown-linux-gnu"
+CARGO_VERSION = "0.40.0"
+CARGO_SNAPSHOT = "cargo-${CARGO_VERSION}-${BUILD_ARCH}-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+SRC_URI += " \
+	https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/${RUSTC_SNAPSHOT}.tar.xz;name=rustc-snapshot-${BUILD_ARCH};subdir=rust-snapshot-components \
+	https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/${RUST_STD_SNAPSHOT}.tar.xz;name=rust-std-snapshot-${BUILD_ARCH};subdir=rust-snapshot-components \
+	https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/${CARGO_SNAPSHOT}.tar.xz;name=cargo-snapshot-${BUILD_ARCH};subdir=rust-snapshot-components \
+	"
+
+# TODO: Add hashes for other architecture toolchains as well. Make a script?
+SRC_URI[rustc-snapshot-x86_64.md5sum] = "aa10585498675e44be219d3644c15853"
+SRC_URI[rustc-snapshot-x86_64.sha256sum] = "5b2a435a4c034615d70cfc383abe9924cbd1ffd4669caa55ce6539f22ed979ed"
+SRC_URI[rust-std-snapshot-x86_64.md5sum] = "d8b8e6f1a5a255d22b9f86c97a65049f"
+SRC_URI[rust-std-snapshot-x86_64.sha256sum] = "b629952ec9e3e750137d7b8a922de145c97c1dc372dd616e86e4e501da13910b"
+SRC_URI[cargo-snapshot-x86_64.md5sum] = "a51643b8980bcaefa9043715a8e9a2ba"
+SRC_URI[cargo-snapshot-x86_64.sha256sum] = "7b9ba52c252964724f49aab49e42bec62fca929297ef058412c7e727b0794620"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-source-1.40.0.inc b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-source-1.40.0.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efb4075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-source-1.40.0.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+SRC_URI += "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rustc-${PV}-src.tar.xz;name=rust"
+
+SRC_URI[rust.md5sum] = "1725f67a1d92ab843a71fbbefef06db9"
+SRC_URI[rust.sha256sum] = "6e2aa3a91697f4b225c6b394cbae6b97666f061dba491f666a5281698fe2aace"
+
+# later versions of rust change the directory that they unextract to
+RUSTSRC = "${WORKDIR}/rustc-${PV}-src"
+# set this as our default
+S = "${RUSTSRC}"
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYRIGHT;md5=93a95682d51b4cb0a633a97046940ef0"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.40.0.bb b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.40.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7f9f4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.40.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require rust.inc
+require rust-source-${PV}.inc
+require rust-snapshot-${PV}.inc
+
+DEPENDS += "rust-llvm (=${PV})"
+
+# Otherwise we'll depend on what we provide
+INHIBIT_DEFAULT_RUST_DEPS_class-native = "1"
+# We don't need to depend on gcc-native because yocto assumes it exists
+PROVIDES_class-native = "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}rust"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"