diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 9ae02542b938..1827bc1db1e9 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ $(obj)/%.lst: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 
 rust_allowed_features := core_ffi_c
 
+# `--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) \
@@ -285,7 +288,7 @@ 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)
 
 rust_handle_depfile = \
 	sed -i '/^\#/d' $(depfile)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
index d812241144d4..a447c91893de 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.host
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ hostc_flags    = -Wp,-MMD,$(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))