diff --git a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.79.0.ebuild b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.79.0.ebuild
index 2cdde5c12fdc8..e92cb50b5f17b 100644
--- a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.79.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.79.0.ebuild
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		if use elibc_musl; then
 			cat <<- _EOF_ >> "${S}"/config.toml
 				crt-static = false
+				musl-root = "$($(tc-getCC) -print-sysroot)/usr"
 			_EOF_
 		fi
 	done