diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix
index 6ce4cadfd1cf..6e8d13415dea 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , importCargoLock
 , fetchCargoTarball
+, fetchCargoVendor
 , stdenv
 , callPackage
 , cargoBuildHook
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 , cargoDepsHook ? ""
 , buildType ? "release"
 , meta ? {}
+, useFetchCargoVendor ? false
 , cargoLock ? null
 , cargoVendorDir ? null
 , checkType ? buildType
@@ -67,6 +69,12 @@ let
   cargoDeps =
     if cargoVendorDir != null then null
     else if cargoLock != null then importCargoLock cargoLock
+    else if useFetchCargoVendor then (fetchCargoVendor {
+      inherit src srcs sourceRoot preUnpack unpackPhase postUnpack;
+      name = cargoDepsName;
+      patches = cargoPatches;
+      hash = args.cargoHash;
+    } // depsExtraArgs)
     else fetchCargoTarball ({
       inherit src srcs sourceRoot preUnpack unpackPhase postUnpack cargoUpdateHook;
       name = cargoDepsName;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/make-rust-platform.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/make-rust-platform.nix
index 81c1ac960f9a..4078041928be 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/make-rust-platform.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/make-rust-platform.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rec {
 
   buildRustPackage = callPackage ../../../build-support/rust/build-rust-package {
     inherit stdenv cargoBuildHook cargoCheckHook cargoInstallHook cargoNextestHook cargoSetupHook
-      fetchCargoTarball importCargoLock rustc cargo cargo-auditable;
+      fetchCargoTarball fetchCargoVendor importCargoLock rustc cargo cargo-auditable;
   };
 
   importCargoLock = buildPackages.callPackage ../../../build-support/rust/import-cargo-lock.nix { inherit cargo; };