diff --git a/rust/builder.go b/rust/builder.go
index 654b1e6bf..3e082dc2f 100644
--- a/rust/builder.go
+++ b/rust/builder.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"android/soong/android"
 	"android/soong/cc"
+	"android/soong/rust/config"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -138,6 +139,13 @@ func transformSrctoCrate(ctx ModuleContext, main android.Path, deps PathDeps, fl
 	crate_name := ctx.RustModule().CrateName()
 	targetTriple := ctx.toolchain().RustTriple()
 
+	// libstd requires a specific environment variable to be set. This is
+	// not officially documented and may be removed in the future. See
+	// https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/library/std/src/env.rs#L866.
+	if crate_name == "std" {
+		envVars = append(envVars, "STD_ENV_ARCH="+config.StdEnvArch[ctx.RustModule().Arch().ArchType])
+	}
+
 	inputs = append(inputs, main)
 
 	// Collect rustc flags
diff --git a/rust/config/global.go b/rust/config/global.go
index 71c424091..326b85fe0 100644
--- a/rust/config/global.go
+++ b/rust/config/global.go
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ var (
 		"libtest",
 	}
 
+	// Mapping between Soong internal arch types and std::env constants.
+	// Required as Rust uses aarch64 when Soong uses arm64.
+	StdEnvArch = map[android.ArchType]string{
+		android.Arm:    "arm",
+		android.Arm64:  "aarch64",
+		android.X86:    "x86",
+		android.X86_64: "x86_64",
+	}
+
 	GlobalRustFlags = []string{
 		"--remap-path-prefix $$(pwd)=",
 		"-C codegen-units=1",