diff --git a/cmake/FindRust.cmake b/cmake/FindRust.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86e1cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindRust.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+
+find_program(RUSTC_EXECUTABLE rustc)
+
+find_package_handle_standard_args(Rust DEFAULT_MSG RUSTC_EXECUTABLE)
+
+mark_as_advanced(RUSTC_EXECUTABLE)
+
+execute_process(COMMAND ${RUSTC_EXECUTABLE} -Vv
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE RUSTC_VERSION_OUTPUT
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+string(REGEX MATCH "host:[ \t]([A-Za-z0-9_-]*)\n" RUSTC_TARGET_TRIPLE "${RUSTC_VERSION_OUTPUT}")
+string(REGEX REPLACE "host:[ \t]([A-Za-z0-9_-]*)\n" "\\1" RUSTC_TARGET_TRIPLE "${RUSTC_TARGET_TRIPLE}")
+
+string(REGEX MATCH "release:[ \t]([A-Za-z0-9\\._-]*)\n" RUSTC_RELEASE "${RUSTC_VERSION_OUTPUT}")
+string(REGEX REPLACE "release:[ \t]([A-Za-z0-9\\._-]*)\n" "\\1" RUSTC_RELEASE "${RUSTC_RELEASE}")
+
+mark_as_advanced(RUSTC_TARGET_TRIPLE)
+mark_as_advanced(RUSTC_RELEASE)
+
+if(NOT ${RUSTC_RELEASE} MATCHES "nightly")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "A nightly Rust compiler is required to build kdev-rust")
+endif()
+
+execute_process(COMMAND ${RUSTC_EXECUTABLE} --print sysroot
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE RUST_SYSROOT
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+set(RUST_LIBRARY_DIR "${RUST_SYSROOT}/lib/rustlib/${RUSTC_TARGET_TRIPLE}/lib")
+
+unset(RUSTC_VERSION_OUTPUT)
diff --git a/duchain/CMakeLists.txt b/duchain/CMakeLists.txt
index dbbe53f..69e1f24 100644
--- a/duchain/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/duchain/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 set(kdevrustduchain_SRC
     contextbuilder.cpp
     declarationbuilder.cpp
     usebuilder.cpp
     rustnode.cpp
     rustducontext.cpp
     parsesession.cpp
     astredux.h
     nodetraits.h
 )
 
+find_package(Rust MODULE REQUIRED)
 find_package(ASTRedux MODULE REQUIRED)
 
+link_directories(${RUST_LIBRARY_DIR})
+
 add_library(kdevrustduchain STATIC ${kdevrustduchain_SRC})
 
 target_link_libraries(kdevrustduchain
     KDev::Interfaces
     KDev::Language
     KF5::ThreadWeaver
     KF5::TextEditor
     ${ASTRedux_LIBRARY}
 )
 
 #add_subdirectory(tests)