diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rustup/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rustup/default.nix
index 649497629329..089a4a728c24 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rustup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rustup/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@
   pkg-config,
   openssl,
   curl,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
+  installShellFiles,
   zlib,
   Security,
   CoreServices,
   libiconv,
   xz,
+  buildPackages,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -22,15 +25,15 @@ let
   ];
 in
 
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "rustup";
   version = "1.27.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rust-lang";
     repo = "rustup";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-BehkJTEIbZHaM+ABaWN/grl9pX75lPqyBj1q1Kt273M=";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-BehkJTEIbZHaM+ABaWN/grl9pX75lPqyBj1q1Kt273M=";
   };
 
   useFetchCargoVendor = true;
@@ -39,11 +42,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     makeBinaryWrapper
     pkg-config
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+    installShellFiles
   ];
 
   buildInputs =
     [
-      (curl.override { inherit openssl; })
+      openssl
+      curl
       zlib
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
@@ -103,18 +109,26 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     wrapProgram $out/bin/rustup --prefix "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" : "${libPath}"
 
     # tries to create .rustup
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
     mkdir -p "$out/share/"{bash-completion/completions,fish/vendor_completions.d,zsh/site-functions}
 
-    # generate completion scripts for rustup
-    $out/bin/rustup completions bash rustup > "$out/share/bash-completion/completions/rustup"
-    $out/bin/rustup completions fish rustup > "$out/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/rustup.fish"
-    $out/bin/rustup completions zsh rustup >  "$out/share/zsh/site-functions/_rustup"
+    ${lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.emulatorAvailable buildPackages) (
+      let
+        emulator = stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages;
+      in
+      ''
+        # generate completion scripts for rustup
+        installShellCompletion --cmd rustup \
+          --bash <(${emulator} $out/bin/rustup completions bash rustup) \
+          --fish <(${emulator} $out/bin/rustup completions fish rustup) \
+          --zsh <(${emulator} $out/bin/rustup completions zsh rustup)
 
-    # generate completion scripts for cargo
-    # Note: fish completion script is not supported.
-    $out/bin/rustup completions bash cargo > "$out/share/bash-completion/completions/cargo"
-    $out/bin/rustup completions zsh cargo >  "$out/share/zsh/site-functions/_cargo"
+        # generate completion scripts for cargo
+        # Note: fish completion script is not supported.
+        installShellCompletion --cmd cargo \
+          --bash <(${emulator} $out/bin/rustup completions bash cargo) \
+          --zsh <(${emulator} $out/bin/rustup completions zsh cargo)
+      ''
+    )}
 
     # add a wrapper script for ld.lld
     mkdir -p $out/nix-support
@@ -128,7 +142,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     chmod +x $out/nix-support/ld-wrapper.sh
   '';
 
-  env = lib.optionalAttrs (pname == "rustup") {
+  env = {
     inherit (stdenv.cc.bintools)
       expandResponseParams
       shell
@@ -139,13 +153,16 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     hardening_unsupported_flags = "";
   };
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Rust toolchain installer";
     homepage = "https://www.rustup.rs/";
-    license = with licenses; [
+    license = with lib.licenses; [
       asl20 # or
       mit
     ];
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.mic92 ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      mic92
+    ];
+    mainProgram = "rustup";
   };
-}
+})