diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/1_79.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/1_79.nix
index a749e58c16bc5..58577ae025f34 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/1_79.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/1_79.nix
@@ -17,20 +17,45 @@
 , wrapRustcWith
 , llvmPackages_18, llvm_18
 } @ args:
-
+let
+  llvmSharedFor = pkgSet: pkgSet.llvmPackages_18.libllvm.override ({
+    enableSharedLibraries = true;
+  } // lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false) {
+    # Force LLVM to compile using clang + LLVM libs when targeting pkgsLLVM
+    stdenv = pkgSet.stdenv.override { allowedRequisites = null; cc = pkgSet.llvmPackages_18.clangUseLLVM; };
+  });
+in
 import ./default.nix {
   rustcVersion = "1.79.0";
   rustcSha256 = "sha256-Fy7PPH0fnZ+xbNKmKIaXgmcEFt7QEp5SSoZ1H5YUSMA=";
 
-  llvmSharedForBuild = pkgsBuildBuild.llvmPackages_18.libllvm.override { enableSharedLibraries = true; };
-  llvmSharedForHost = pkgsBuildHost.llvmPackages_18.libllvm.override { enableSharedLibraries = true; };
-  llvmSharedForTarget = pkgsBuildTarget.llvmPackages_18.libllvm.override { enableSharedLibraries = true; };
+  llvmSharedForBuild = llvmSharedFor pkgsBuildBuild;
+  llvmSharedForHost = llvmSharedFor pkgsBuildHost;
+  llvmSharedForTarget = llvmSharedFor pkgsBuildTarget;
 
   # For use at runtime
-  llvmShared = llvm_18.override { enableSharedLibraries = true; };
+  llvmShared = llvmSharedFor { inherit llvmPackages_18 stdenv; };
 
   # Expose llvmPackages used for rustc from rustc via passthru for LTO in Firefox
-  llvmPackages = llvmPackages_18;
+  llvmPackages = if (stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false) then (let
+    setStdenv = pkg: pkg.override {
+      stdenv = stdenv.override { allowedRequisites = null; cc = llvmPackages_18.clangUseLLVM; };
+    };
+  in rec {
+    libunwind = setStdenv llvmPackages_18.libunwind;
+    llvm = setStdenv llvmPackages_18.llvm;
+
+    libcxx = llvmPackages_18.libcxx.override {
+      stdenv = stdenv.override {
+        allowedRequisites = null;
+        cc = llvmPackages_18.clangNoLibcxx;
+        hostPlatform = stdenv.hostPlatform // {
+          useLLVM = !stdenv.isDarwin;
+        };
+      };
+      inherit libunwind;
+    };
+  }) else llvmPackages_18;
 
   # Note: the version MUST be one version prior to the version we're
   # building
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
index 487de452b01c3..ef7b92efc535e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rust/rustc.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, removeReferencesTo, pkgsBuildBuild, pkgsBuildHost, pkgsBuildTarget, targetPackages
 , llvmShared, llvmSharedForBuild, llvmSharedForHost, llvmSharedForTarget, llvmPackages
-, fetchurl, file, python3
+, runCommandLocal, fetchurl, file, python3
 , darwin, cargo, cmake, rustc, rustfmt
 , pkg-config, openssl, xz
 , libiconv
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 let
   inherit (lib) optionals optional optionalString concatStringsSep;
   inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
+  useLLVM = stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false;
 in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "${targetPackages.stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}rustc";
   inherit version;
@@ -66,14 +67,16 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
        # when linking stage1 libstd: cc: undefined reference to `__cxa_begin_catch'
        # This doesn't apply to cross-building for FreeBSD because the host
        # uses libstdc++, but the target (used for building std) uses libc++
-       optional (stdenv.isLinux && !withBundledLLVM && !stdenv.targetPlatform.isFreeBSD) "--push-state --as-needed -lstdc++ --pop-state"
+      optional (stdenv.isLinux && !withBundledLLVM && !stdenv.targetPlatform.isFreeBSD && !useLLVM)
+        "--push-state --as-needed -lstdc++ --pop-state"
+    ++ optional (stdenv.isLinux && !withBundledLLVM && !stdenv.targetPlatform.isFreeBSD && useLLVM)
+        "--push-state --as-needed -L${llvmPackages.libcxx}/lib -lc++ -lc++abi -lLLVM-${lib.versions.major llvmPackages.llvm.version} --pop-state"
     ++ optional (stdenv.isDarwin && !withBundledLLVM) "-lc++ -lc++abi"
     ++ optional stdenv.isFreeBSD "-rpath ${llvmPackages.libunwind}/lib"
-    ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin "-rpath ${llvmSharedForHost}/lib");
+    ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin "-rpath ${llvmSharedForHost.lib}/lib");
 
   # Increase codegen units to introduce parallelism within the compiler.
   RUSTFLAGS = "-Ccodegen-units=10";
-
   RUSTDOCFLAGS = "-A rustdoc::broken-intra-doc-links";
 
   # We need rust to build rust. If we don't provide it, configure will try to download it.
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # Since fastCross only builds std, it doesn't make sense (and
     # doesn't work) to build a linker.
     "--disable-llvm-bitcode-linker"
-  ] ++ optionals (stdenv.isLinux && !stdenv.targetPlatform.isRedox) [
+  ] ++ optionals (stdenv.isLinux && !stdenv.targetPlatform.isRedox && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.useLLVM or false)) [
     "--enable-profiler" # build libprofiler_builtins
   ] ++ optionals stdenv.buildPlatform.isMusl [
     "${setBuild}.musl-root=${pkgsBuildBuild.targetPackages.stdenv.cc.libc}"
@@ -165,6 +168,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ] ++ optionals (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isx86_64) [
     # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/92173
     "--set rust.jemalloc"
+  ] ++ optionals useLLVM [
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/311930
+    "--llvm-libunwind=${if withBundledLLVM then "in-tree" else "system"}"
+    "--enable-use-libcxx"
   ];
 
   # if we already have a rust compiler for build just compile the target std
@@ -189,6 +196,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     python ./x.py --keep-stage=0 --stage=1 install library/std
     mkdir -v $out/bin $doc $man
     ln -s ${rustc.unwrapped}/bin/{rustc,rustdoc} $out/bin
+    rm -rf -v $out/lib/rustlib/{manifest-rust-std-,}${stdenv.hostPlatform.rust.rustcTargetSpec}
     ln -s ${rustc.unwrapped}/lib/rustlib/{manifest-rust-std-,}${stdenv.hostPlatform.rust.rustcTargetSpec} $out/lib/rustlib/
     echo rust-std-${stdenv.hostPlatform.rust.rustcTargetSpec} >> $out/lib/rustlib/components
     lndir ${rustc.doc} $doc
@@ -248,7 +256,16 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs = [ openssl ]
     ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libiconv Security ]
-    ++ optional (!withBundledLLVM) llvmShared;
+    ++ optional (!withBundledLLVM) llvmShared.lib
+    ++ optional (useLLVM && !withBundledLLVM) [
+      llvmPackages.libunwind
+      # Hack which is used upstream https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/blob/master/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.78.0.ebuild#L284
+      (runCommandLocal "libunwind-libgcc" {} ''
+        mkdir -p $out/lib
+        ln -s ${llvmPackages.libunwind}/lib/libunwind.so $out/lib/libgcc_s.so
+        ln -s ${llvmPackages.libunwind}/lib/libunwind.so $out/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
+      '')
+    ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "man" "doc" ];
   setOutputFlags = false;