diff --git a/classes/cargo_util.bbclass b/classes/cargo_util.bbclass
index 5f0003f..f38a519 100644
--- a/classes/cargo_util.bbclass
+++ b/classes/cargo_util.bbclass
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+inherit rust-vars
 # add crate fetch support
 inherit crate-fetch
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ export CARGO_HOME = "${WORKDIR}/cargo_home"
 BASEDEPENDS_append = " cargo-native"
 
 # Ensure we get the right rust variant
-DEPENDS_append_class-target = "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}rust"
+DEPENDS_append_class-target = " virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}rust ${RUSTLIB_DEP}"
 
 # Cargo only supports in-tree builds at the moment
 B = "${S}"
@@ -35,12 +36,14 @@ export RUST_CFLAGS = "${HOST_CC_ARCH}${TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS} ${CFLAGS}"
 export RUST_BUILD_CC = "${CCACHE}${BUILD_PREFIX}gcc"
 export RUST_BUILD_CFLAGS = "${BUILD_CC_ARCH} ${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
 
+RUSTFLAGS ??= ""
 export CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS = "-v --target ${HOST_SYS} --release"
 
 # This is based on the content of CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS and generally will need to
 # change if CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS changes.
 export CARGO_TARGET_SUBDIR="${HOST_SYS}/release"
 oe_cargo_build () {
+	export RUSTFLAGS="${RUSTFLAGS}"
 	bbnote "cargo = $(which cargo)"
 	bbnote "rustc = $(which rustc)"
 	bbnote "${CARGO} build ${CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS} $@"
@@ -70,12 +73,15 @@ cargo_util_do_compile () {
 	oe_cargo_build
 }
 
-# All but the most simple projects will need to override this.
 cargo_util_do_install () {
 	local have_installed=false
-	install -d "${D}${bindir}"
 	for tgt in "${B}/target/${CARGO_TARGET_SUBDIR}/"*; do
-		if [ -f "$tgt" ] && [ -x "$tgt" ]; then
+		if [[ $tgt == *.so || $tgt == *.rlib ]]; then
+			install -d "${D}${rustlibdir}"
+			install -m755 "$tgt" "${D}${rustlibdir}"
+			have_installed=true
+		elif [ -f "$tgt" ] && [ -x "$tgt" ]; then
+			install -d "${D}${bindir}"
 			install -m755 "$tgt" "${D}${bindir}"
 			have_installed=true
 		fi
diff --git a/classes/rust-vars.bbclass b/classes/rust-vars.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3acc44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/rust-vars.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export rustlibdir = "${libdir}/rust"
+FILES_${PN} += "${rustlibdir}/*.so"
+FILES_${PN}-dev += "${rustlibdir}/*.rlib"
+FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${rustlibdir}/.debug"
+
+RUSTLIB = "-L ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/rust"
+RUSTFLAGS += "-C rpath -C crate_hash=${BB_TASKHASH} ${RUSTLIB}"
+RUSTLIB_DEP ?= "libstd-rs"
diff --git a/classes/rust.bbclass b/classes/rust.bbclass
index 9251d27..15299b2 100644
--- a/classes/rust.bbclass
+++ b/classes/rust.bbclass
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
+inherit rust-vars
+
 RUSTC = "rustc"
 
-# FIXME: --sysroot might be needed
-RUSTFLAGS += "-C rpath -C crate_hash=${BB_TASKHASH}"
 RUSTC_ARCHFLAGS += "--target=${TARGET_SYS} ${RUSTFLAGS}"
 
-RUSTLIB_DEP ?= "rustlib"
 def rust_base_dep(d):
     # Taken from meta/classes/base.bbclass `base_dep_prepend` and modified to
     # use rust instead of gcc
@@ -107,7 +106,3 @@ rustlib_suffix="${TUNE_ARCH}${TARGET_VENDOR}-${TARGET_OS}/rustlib/${HOST_SYS}/li
 rustlib_src="${prefix}/lib/${rustlib_suffix}"
 # Host sysroot standard library path
 rustlib="${libdir}/${rustlib_suffix}"
-export rustlibdir = "${libdir}/rust"
-FILES_${PN} += "${rustlibdir}/*.so"
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${rustlibdir}/*.rlib"
-FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${rustlibdir}/.debug"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rust/compiler-rt.bb b/recipes-devtools/rust/compiler-rt.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9644d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/rust/compiler-rt.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+SUMMARY = "Rust compiler run-time"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.rust-lang.org"
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+
+require rust-shared-source.inc
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.TXT;md5=27b14ab4ce08d04c3a9a5f0ed7997362"
+
+S .= "/src/compiler-rt"
+B = "${WORKDIR}/build"
+
+do_compile () {
+	oe_runmake -C ${S} \
+		ProjSrcRoot="${S}" \
+		ProjObjRoot="${B}" \
+		TargetTriple=${HOST_SYS} \
+		triple-builtins
+}
+
+do_install () {
+	mkdir -p ${D}${libdir}
+	cp triple/builtins/libcompiler_rt.a ${D}${libdir}/libcompiler-rt.a
+}
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rust/libstd-rs.bb b/recipes-devtools/rust/libstd-rs.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8e72a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/rust/libstd-rs.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+SUMMARY = "Rust standard libaries"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.rust-lang.org"
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "MIT | Apache-2.0"
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM ="file://COPYRIGHT;md5=43e1f1fb9c0ee3af66693d8c4fecafa8"
+require rust-shared-source.inc
+
+DEPENDS += "compiler-rt"
+
+RUSTLIB_DEP = ""
+inherit cargo_util
+
+# Needed so cargo can find libbacktrace
+RUSTFLAGS += "-L ${STAGING_LIBDIR}"
+
+B = "${WORKDIR}/build"
+
+do_compile () {
+    cd ${S}/src/rustc/std_shim
+    export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="${B}"
+    export RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP_KEY="e8edd0fd"
+    oe_cargo_fix_env
+    oe_cargo_build
+}
+
+do_install () {
+    mkdir -p ${D}${rustlibdir}
+    cp ${B}/${TARGET_SYS}/release/deps/* ${D}${rustlibdir}
+}
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-cross.bb b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-cross.bb
index d4324f1..70ce2b4 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-cross.bb
+++ b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust-cross.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ INHIBIT_DEFAULT_RUST_DEPS = "1"
 # the bits we need explicitly.
 DEPENDS += "rust-llvm-native"
 DEPENDS += "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}compilerlibs virtual/libc"
+DEPENDS += "rust-native"
 
 PROVIDES = "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}rust"
 PN = "rust-cross-${TARGET_ARCH}"
@@ -31,14 +32,18 @@ BUILD_POST_LINK_ARGS_append = " -Wl,-rpath=../../lib"
 # We need the same thing for the calls to the compiler when building the runtime crap
 TARGET_CC_ARCH_append = " --sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}"
 
-# cross.bbclass is "helpful" and overrides our do_install. Tell it not to.
-do_install () {
-	rust_do_install
+do_configure () {
 }
 
-# using host-strip on target .so files generated by this recipie causes build errors.
-# for now, disable stripping.
-# A better (but more complex) approach would be to mimic gcc-runtime and build
-# the target.so files in a seperate .bb file.
-INHIBIT_PACKAGE_STRIP = "1"
-INHIBIT_SYSROOT_STRIP = "1"
+do_compile () {
+}
+
+do_install () {
+	mkdir -p ${D}${prefix}/${baselib}/rustlib
+	cp ${WORKDIR}/targets/${TARGET_ARCH}* ${D}${prefix}/${baselib}/rustlib
+}
+
+rust_cross_sysroot_preprocess() {
+    sysroot_stage_dir ${D}${prefix}/${baselib}/rustlib ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${prefix}/${baselib}/rustlib
+}
+SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS += "rust_cross_sysroot_preprocess"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.bb b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.bb
index 93ceab2..ab61226 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.bb
+++ b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.bb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+inherit rust-installer
 require rust.inc
 
 DEPENDS += "rust-llvm"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc
index 3c7d7fa..253f676 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc
+++ b/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # ex: sts=4 et sw=4 ts=8
 inherit rust
-inherit rust-installer
 require rust-shared-source.inc
 require rust-snapshot-2016-05-24.inc
 
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/rust/rustlib.bb b/recipes-devtools/rust/rustlib.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d371f7..0000000
--- a/recipes-devtools/rust/rustlib.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Rust runtime libaries"
-HOMEPAGE = "http://www.rust-lang.org"
-SECTION = "devel"
-LICENSE = "MIT | Apache-2.0"
-
-inherit rust-bin
-
-DEPENDS += "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}rust"
-RUSTLIB_DEP = ""
-
-do_install () {
-	for f in ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/${rustlib_src}/*; do
-		echo Installing $f
-		install -D -m 755 $f ${D}/${rustlib}/$(basename $f)
-	done
-}
-
-# This has no license file
-python do_qa_configure() {
-        return True
-}
-
-FILES_${PN} += "${rustlib}/*.so"
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${rustlib}/*.rlib"
-FILES_${PN}-staticdev += "${rustlib}/*.a"
-FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${rustlib}/.debug"