diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py
index e686dbcff8..21229f5970 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/ide_sdk.py
@@ -36,6 +36,34 @@ logger = logging.getLogger('devtool')
 ide_plugins = {}
 
 
+def set_toml_table_values(content, table, values):
+    """Update one TOML table while preserving unrelated configuration text."""
+    lines = content.splitlines()
+    header = '[%s]' % table
+    try:
+        start = next(i for i, line in enumerate(lines)
+                     if line.strip() == header)
+    except StopIteration:
+        if lines and lines[-1].strip():
+            lines.append('')
+        lines.append(header)
+        start = len(lines) - 1
+
+    end = next((i for i in range(start + 1, len(lines))
+                if lines[i].lstrip().startswith('[')
+                and lines[i].rstrip().endswith(']')), len(lines))
+    for key, value in values.items():
+        entry = '%s = %s' % (key, value)
+        for i in range(start + 1, end):
+            if '=' in lines[i] and lines[i].split('=', 1)[0].strip() == key:
+                lines[i] = entry
+                break
+        else:
+            lines.insert(end, entry)
+            end += 1
+    return '\n'.join(lines).rstrip() + '\n'
+
+
 class DevtoolIdeMode(Enum):
     """Different modes are supported by the ide-sdk plugin.
 
@@ -1122,6 +1150,62 @@ class RecipeModified:
         self.recipe_id = self.bpn + "-" + self.package_arch
         self.recipe_id_pretty = self.bpn + ": " + self.package_arch
 
+    @property
+    def cargo_config_path(self):
+        return os.path.join(self.ide_sdk_dir, 'cargo-config.toml')
+
+    def update_cargo_config(self):
+        """Export the recipe Cargo config to the devtool workspace."""
+        source_config = os.path.join(self.cargo_home, 'config.toml')
+        try:
+            with open(source_config, 'r') as config_file:
+                original = config_file.read()
+        except FileNotFoundError as exc:
+            raise DevtoolError(
+                'Cargo config not found at %s; build the recipe first' % source_config) from exc
+
+        content = (
+            '# Generated by devtool ide-sdk for the active build environment.\n'
+            '\n'
+            + original)
+        content = set_toml_table_values(content, 'build', {
+            'target': json.dumps(self.cargo_target),
+        })
+        content = set_toml_table_values(content, 'target.%s' % self.cargo_target, {
+            'linker': json.dumps(self.cargo_linker),
+            'rustflags': json.dumps(shlex.split(self.cargo_rustflags)),
+        })
+        env_names = (
+            'CC', 'CXX', 'CFLAGS', 'CXXFLAGS', 'AR',
+            'TARGET_CC', 'TARGET_CXX', 'TARGET_CFLAGS', 'TARGET_CXXFLAGS', 'TARGET_AR',
+            'HOST_CC', 'HOST_CXX', 'HOST_CFLAGS', 'HOST_CXXFLAGS', 'HOST_AR',
+            'RUST_TARGET_PATH', 'RUST_BACKTRACE', 'SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH',
+            'PKG_CONFIG', 'PKG_CONFIG_FOR_BUILD', 'PKG_CONFIG_FOR_TARGET',
+            'PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR', 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH', 'PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR',
+            'LIBGIT2_NO_VENDOR', 'LIBSSH2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG',
+            'LIBSQLITE3_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG', 'OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR',
+            'PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS', 'PKG_CONFIG_ALL_DYNAMIC',
+            'SYSTEM_DEPS_BUILD_INTERNAL', 'ZSTD_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG',
+        )
+        env_values = {}
+        for name in env_names:
+            value = self.cargo_env.get(name)
+            if value is not None:
+                env_values[name] = '{ value = %s, force = true }' % json.dumps(str(value))
+        content = set_toml_table_values(content, 'env', env_values)
+
+        config_path = self.cargo_config_path
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(config_path), exist_ok=True)
+        try:
+            with open(config_path, 'r') as config_file:
+                current = config_file.read()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            current = None
+        if current != content:
+            with open(config_path, 'w') as config_file:
+                config_file.write(content)
+        return config_path
+
     @staticmethod
     def is_valid_shell_variable(var):
         """Skip strange shell variables like systemd