diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 839c83034006..38c1cfcce821 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ config LLD_VERSION
 	default $(ld-version) if LD_IS_LLD
 	default 0
 
+config RUSTC_VERSION
+	int
+	default $(shell,$(srctree)/scripts/rustc-version.sh $(RUSTC))
+	help
+	  It does not depend on `RUST` since that one may need to use the version
+	  in a `depends on`.
+
 config RUST_IS_AVAILABLE
 	def_bool $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/rust_is_available.sh)
 	help
diff --git a/scripts/rustc-version.sh b/scripts/rustc-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..4e22593e2eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rustc-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# Usage: $ ./rustc-version.sh rustc
+#
+# Print the Rust compiler version in a 6 or 7-digit form.
+
+# Convert the version string x.y.z to a canonical up-to-7-digits form.
+#
+# Note that this function uses one more digit (compared to other
+# instances in other version scripts) to give a bit more space to
+# `rustc` since it will reach 1.100.0 in late 2026.
+get_canonical_version()
+{
+	IFS=.
+	set -- $1
+	echo $((100000 * $1 + 100 * $2 + $3))
+}
+
+if output=$("$@" --version 2>/dev/null); then
+	set -- $output
+	get_canonical_version $2
+else
+	echo 0
+	exit 1
+fi