diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 6413342a03f4..82e3fb19fdaf 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ $(obj)/%.lst: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 
 rust_allowed_features := new_uninit
 
+# `--out-dir` is required to avoid temporaries being created by `rustc` in the
+# current working directory, which may be not accessible in the out-of-tree
+# modules case.
 rust_common_cmd = \
 	RUST_MODFILE=$(modfile) $(RUSTC_OR_CLIPPY) $(rust_flags) \
 	-Zallow-features=$(rust_allowed_features) \
@@ -272,7 +275,7 @@ rust_common_cmd = \
 	--extern alloc --extern kernel \
 	--crate-type rlib -L $(objtree)/rust/ \
 	--crate-name $(basename $(notdir $@)) \
-	--emit=dep-info=$(depfile)
+	--out-dir $(dir $@) --emit=dep-info=$(depfile)
 
 # `--emit=obj`, `--emit=asm` and `--emit=llvm-ir` imply a single codegen unit
 # will be used. We explicitly request `-Ccodegen-units=1` in any case, and
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
index 7aea9005e497..8f7f842b54f9 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.host
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ hostc_flags    = -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) \
 hostcxx_flags  = -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) \
                  $(KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACXXFLAGS) \
                  $(HOSTCXXFLAGS_$(target-stem).o)
-hostrust_flags = --emit=dep-info=$(depfile) \
+
+# `--out-dir` is required to avoid temporaries being created by `rustc` in the
+# current working directory, which may be not accessible in the out-of-tree
+# modules case.
+hostrust_flags = --out-dir $(dir $@) --emit=dep-info=$(depfile) \
                  $(KBUILD_HOSTRUSTFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRARUSTFLAGS) \
                  $(HOSTRUSTFLAGS_$(target-stem))