diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/hooks/maturin-build-hook.sh b/pkgs/build-support/rust/hooks/maturin-build-hook.sh
index b3cc1ced7964..c1e701425f00 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/hooks/maturin-build-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/hooks/maturin-build-hook.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ maturinBuildHook() {
 
     runHook preBuild
 
+    # Put the wheel to dist/ so that regular Python tooling can find it.
+    local dist="$PWD/dist"
+
     if [ ! -z "${buildAndTestSubdir-}" ]; then
         pushd "${buildAndTestSubdir}"
     fi
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ maturinBuildHook() {
         --manylinux off \
         --strip \
         --release \
+        --out "$dist" \
         ${maturinBuildFlags-}
     )
 
@@ -23,10 +27,6 @@ maturinBuildHook() {
         popd
     fi
 
-    # Move the wheel to dist/ so that regular Python tooling can find it.
-    mkdir -p dist
-    mv ${cargoRoot:+$cargoRoot/}target/wheels/*.whl dist/
-
     # These are python build hooks and may depend on ./dist
     runHook postBuild