diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 61d76eeab1f..04d89987311 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -24,7 +24,14 @@ project(
   version : files('VERSION'),
   license : 'MIT',
   meson_version : '>= 0.60',
-  default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized', 'b_ndebug=if-release', 'c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++17', 'rust_std=2021']
+  default_options : [
+    'buildtype=debugoptimized',
+    'b_ndebug=if-release',
+    'c_std=c11',
+    'cpp_std=c++17',
+    'rust_std=2021',
+    'build.rust_std=2021',
+  ],
 )
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')