diff --git a/rust/Makefile b/rust/Makefile
index 7842ad0a4ea7..d4618f646b05 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile
+++ b/rust/Makefile
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ $(obj)/$(libpin_init_internal_name): private rustc_target_flags = --cfg kernel
 $(obj)/$(libpin_init_internal_name): $(src)/pin-init/internal/src/lib.rs FORCE
 	+$(call if_changed_dep,rustc_procmacro)
 
+# `rustc` requires `-Zunstable-options` to use custom target specifications
+# since Rust 1.95.0 (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/151534).
 quiet_cmd_rustc_library = $(if $(skip_clippy),RUSTC,$(RUSTC_OR_CLIPPY_QUIET)) L $@
       cmd_rustc_library = \
 	OBJTREE=$(abspath $(objtree)) \
@@ -447,6 +449,7 @@ quiet_cmd_rustc_library = $(if $(skip_clippy),RUSTC,$(RUSTC_OR_CLIPPY_QUIET)) L
 		--crate-type rlib -L$(objtree)/$(obj) \
 		--crate-name $(patsubst %.o,%,$(notdir $@)) $< \
 		--sysroot=/dev/null \
+		-Zunstable-options \
 	$(if $(rustc_objcopy),;$(OBJCOPY) $(rustc_objcopy) $@) \
 	$(cmd_objtool)