diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rust/Rust-1.70.0-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rust/Rust-1.70.0-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d73f5a4efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rust/Rust-1.70.0-GCCcore-12.3.0.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'Rust'
+version = '1.70.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.rust-lang.org'
+description = """Rust is a systems programming language that runs blazingly fast, prevents segfaults,
+ and guarantees thread safety."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '12.3.0'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/']
+sources = ['rustc-%(version)s-src.tar.gz']
+patches = ['Rust-1.70_sysroot-fix-interpreter.patch']
+checksums = [
+    {'rustc-1.70.0-src.tar.gz': 'b2bfae000b7a5040e4ec4bbc50a09f21548190cb7570b0ed77358368413bd27c'},
+    {'Rust-1.70_sysroot-fix-interpreter.patch': '220129db55e022a98d25028da5dcc9f26b252dd995c3ac92f6312dbb1e362cb1'},
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+    ('CMake', '3.26.3'),
+    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
+    ('Ninja', '1.11.1'),
+    ('pkgconf', '1.9.5'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('OpenSSL', '1.1', '', SYSTEM),
+]
+
+configopts = "--enable-extended --sysconfdir=%(installdir)s/etc "
+
+# Use ./x.py to bootstrap so that options like -j N are correctly passed through
+# see: https://rustc-dev-guide.rust-lang.org/building/how-to-build-and-run.html#what-is-xpy
+# (ConfigureMake already adds `-j %(parallel)s` to the `build_cmd`)
+build_cmd = "./x.py build"
+install_cmd = "./x.py install -j %(parallel)s"
+
+# avoid failure when home directory is an NFS mount,
+# see https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/6652
+prebuildopts = "export CARGO_HOME=%(builddir)s/cargo && "
+preinstallopts = prebuildopts
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/cargo', 'bin/rustc', 'bin/rustdoc'],
+    'dirs': ['lib/rustlib', 'share/doc', 'share/man'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "cargo --version",
+    "rustc --version",
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rust/Rust-1.70_sysroot-fix-interpreter.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rust/Rust-1.70_sysroot-fix-interpreter.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a5e3d50eb2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/r/Rust/Rust-1.70_sysroot-fix-interpreter.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+Use patchelf to fix interpreter of binaries that are used during Rust bootstrap procedure
+when EasyBuild is configured to build in an alternate sysroot
+
+This fixes problems like due to a clash with the interpreter from the host, and a more recent libc.so.6 that's picked up
+from the alternate sysroot:
+error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.32' not found (required by /tmp/easybuild/build/Rust/1.52.1/GCCcore-10.3.0/rustc-1.52.1-src/build/bootstrap/debug/deps/libproc_macro_error_attr-fbfef320d848b049.so)
+
+author: Kenneth Hoste (HPC-UGent)
+updated by: micketeer@gmail.com
+
+--- rustc-1.70.0-src.orig/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py	2023-05-31 21:28:10.000000000 +0200
++++ rustc-1.70.0-src/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py	2023-06-04 14:15:39.784929373 +0200
+@@ -481,6 +481,10 @@
+         if self._should_fix_bins_and_dylibs is not None:
+             return self._should_fix_bins_and_dylibs
+ 
++        if os.getenv("EASYBUILD_SYSROOT"):
++            self._should_fix_bins_and_dylibs = True
++            return True
++
+         def get_answer():
+             default_encoding = sys.getdefaultencoding()
+             try:
+@@ -531,6 +535,20 @@
+         assert self._should_fix_bins_and_dylibs is True
+         print("attempting to patch", fname)
+ 
++        easybuild_sysroot = os.getenv("EASYBUILD_SYSROOT")
++        if easybuild_sysroot:
++            if not fname.endswith(".so"):
++                # determine patch to interpreter in host via output produced by 'readelf -l /bin/bash'
++                readelf_out = subprocess.check_output(['readelf', '-l', '/bin/bash']).decode('ascii', 'ignore').strip()
++                regex = re.compile('.*program interpreter: ([^\]]+)', re.M)
++                res = regex.search(readelf_out)
++                interpreter_path = os.path.join(easybuild_sysroot, res.group(1).lstrip('/'))
++                if not os.path.exists(interpreter_path):
++                    raise Exception("Derived path to interpreter does not exist: %s" % interpreter_path)
++                cmd = ["patchelf", "--set-interpreter", interpreter_path, fname]
++                run(cmd, verbose=True)
++            return
++
+         # Only build `.nix-deps` once.
+         nix_deps_dir = self.nix_deps_dir
+         if not nix_deps_dir: