diff --git a/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/rust b/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/rust
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a6ca641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/rust
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+# force using rust-bin (this affects only "desktop stages")
+dev-lang/rust
diff --git a/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/rust b/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/rust
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a6ca641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/rust
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# force using rust-bin (this affects only "desktop stages")
+dev-lang/rust