diff --git a/Documentation/rust/arch-support.rst b/Documentation/rust/arch-support.rst
index b13e19d84744..750ff371570a 100644
--- a/Documentation/rust/arch-support.rst
+++ b/Documentation/rust/arch-support.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Architecture   Level of support  Constraints
 ``arm64``      Maintained        Little Endian only.
 ``loongarch``  Maintained        \-
 ``riscv``      Maintained        ``riscv64`` only.
-``um``         Maintained        ``x86_64`` only.
+``um``         Maintained        \-
 ``x86``        Maintained        ``x86_64`` only.
 =============  ================  ==============================================
 
diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig b/arch/um/Kconfig
index 758016731156..e08a4a1a4bb6 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ config UML
 	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
 	select TTY # Needed for line.c
 	select HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK
-	select HAVE_RUST			if X86_64
+	select HAVE_RUST
 
 config MMU
 	bool
diff --git a/rust/Makefile b/rust/Makefile
index f70d5e244fee..83f675adbfab 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile
+++ b/rust/Makefile
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ $(obj)/core.o: private rustc_objcopy = $(foreach sym,$(redirect-intrinsics),--re
 $(obj)/core.o: private rustc_target_flags = $(core-cfgs)
 $(obj)/core.o: $(RUST_LIB_SRC)/core/src/lib.rs FORCE
 	+$(call if_changed_dep,rustc_library)
-ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ifneq ($(or $(CONFIG_X86_64),$(CONFIG_X86_32)),)
 $(obj)/core.o: scripts/target.json
 endif
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index fe56eeef09dd..dccef663ca82 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE)	+= insert-sys-cert
 hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_RUST_KERNEL_DOCTESTS)		+= rustdoc_test_builder
 hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_RUST_KERNEL_DOCTESTS)		+= rustdoc_test_gen
 
-ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ifneq ($(or $(CONFIG_X86_64),$(CONFIG_X86_32)),)
 always-$(CONFIG_RUST)					+= target.json
 filechk_rust_target = $< < include/config/auto.conf
 
diff --git a/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs b/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs
index 641b713a033a..87f34925eb7b 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs
+++ b/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs
@@ -169,6 +169,23 @@ fn main() {
         ts.push("features", features);
         ts.push("llvm-target", "x86_64-linux-gnu");
         ts.push("target-pointer-width", "64");
+    } else if cfg.has("X86_32") {
+        // This only works on UML, as i386 otherwise needs regparm support in rustc
+        if !cfg.has("UML") {
+            panic!("32-bit x86 only works under UML");
+        }
+        ts.push("arch", "x86");
+        ts.push(
+            "data-layout",
+            "e-m:e-p:32:32-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i128:128-f64:32:64-f80:32-n8:16:32-S128",
+        );
+        let mut features = "-3dnow,-3dnowa,-mmx,+soft-float".to_string();
+        if cfg.has("MITIGATION_RETPOLINE") {
+            features += ",+retpoline-external-thunk";
+        }
+        ts.push("features", features);
+        ts.push("llvm-target", "i386-unknown-linux-gnu");
+        ts.push("target-pointer-width", "32");
     } else if cfg.has("LOONGARCH") {
         panic!("loongarch uses the builtin rustc loongarch64-unknown-none-softfloat target");
     } else {