diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/clippy.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/clippy.nix
index a3597e9febf7..7ebdaa474ad6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/clippy.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/clippy.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
   #   (/private/tmp/nix-build-clippy-1.36.0.drv-0/rustc-1.36.0-src/src/librustc_llvm)
   doCheck = false;
 
+  preBuild = ''
+    export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="$(pwd)/target"
+  '';
+
   preFixup = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     install_name_tool -add_rpath "${rustc}/lib" $out/bin/clippy-driver
   '';