diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix
index 812831c2959c..679e10a3442e 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-package/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 , cargoBuildHook
 , cargoCheckHook
 , cargoInstallHook
+, cargoNextestHook
 , cargoSetupHook
 , rustc
 , libiconv
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 , checkNoDefaultFeatures ? buildNoDefaultFeatures
 , buildFeatures ? [ ]
 , checkFeatures ? buildFeatures
+, useNextest ? false
 , depsExtraArgs ? {}
 
 # Toggles whether a custom sysroot is created when the target is a .json file.
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ((removeAttrs args [ "depsExtraArgs" "cargoUpdateHook" "carg
     cacert
     git
     cargoBuildHook
-    cargoCheckHook
+    (if useNextest then cargoNextestHook else cargoCheckHook)
     cargoInstallHook
     cargoSetupHook
     rustc
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/make-rust-platform.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/make-rust-platform.nix
index b859d01dc085..f61ba57d7b95 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/make-rust-platform.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/make-rust-platform.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rec {
 
   buildRustPackage = callPackage ../../../build-support/rust/build-rust-package {
     git = buildPackages.gitMinimal;
-    inherit stdenv cargoBuildHook cargoCheckHook cargoInstallHook cargoSetupHook
+    inherit stdenv cargoBuildHook cargoCheckHook cargoInstallHook cargoNextestHook cargoSetupHook
       fetchCargoTarball importCargoLock rustc;
   };
 
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ rec {
   # Hooks
   inherit (callPackage ../../../build-support/rust/hooks {
     inherit stdenv cargo rustc;
-  }) cargoBuildHook cargoCheckHook cargoInstallHook cargoSetupHook maturinBuildHook bindgenHook;
+  }) cargoBuildHook cargoCheckHook cargoInstallHook cargoNextestHook cargoSetupHook maturinBuildHook bindgenHook;
 }