diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index aecc381932..c85f964bed 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ if host_os == 'darwin' and \
   objc = meson.get_compiler('objc')
 endif
 have_rust = false
-if not get_option('rust').disabled() and add_languages('rust', required: get_option('rust'), native: false)
+if not get_option('rust').disabled() and add_languages('rust', required: get_option('rust'), native: false) \
+    and add_languages('rust', required: get_option('rust'), native: true)
   rustc = meson.get_compiler('rust')
   have_rust = true
   if rustc.version().version_compare('<1.80.0')
diff --git a/rust/qemu-api-macros/meson.build b/rust/qemu-api-macros/meson.build
index 48af91ed38..517b9a4d2d 100644
--- a/rust/qemu-api-macros/meson.build
+++ b/rust/qemu-api-macros/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-add_languages('rust', required: true, native: true)
-
 quote_dep = dependency('quote-1-rs', native: true)
 syn_dep = dependency('syn-2-rs', native: true)
 proc_macro2_dep = dependency('proc-macro2-1-rs', native: true)