diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/rust-target-config.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/rust-target-config.bbclass
index cac6e90a9e..0df6f0904c 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/rust-target-config.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/rust-target-config.bbclass
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ def rust_gen_target(d, thing, wd, arch):
     tspec['linker-is-gnu'] = True
     tspec['linker-flavor'] = "gcc"
     tspec['has-rpath'] = True
+    tspec['has-thread-local'] = True
     tspec['position-independent-executables'] = True
     tspec['panic-strategy'] = d.getVar("RUST_PANIC_STRATEGY")