diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc
index a33eb00e25..956301023a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust.inc
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ python do_configure() {
     # [llvm]
     config.add_section("llvm")
     config.set("llvm", "static-libstdcpp", e(False))
+    if "llvm" in (d.getVar('TC_CXX_RUNTIME') or ""):
+        config.set("llvm", "use-libcxx", e(True))
 
     # [rust]
     config.add_section("rust")