diff --git a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
index be51a6753fb62..6e3174ed2f6d0 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
@@ -346,8 +346,14 @@ pub fn analysis(build: &Build, compiler: &Compiler, target: &str) {
 }
 
 /// Creates the `rust-src` installer component and the plain source tarball
-pub fn rust_src(build: &Build) {
+pub fn rust_src(build: &Build, host: &str) {
     println!("Dist src");
+
+    if host != build.config.build {
+        println!("\tskipping, not a build host");
+        return
+    }
+
     let plain_name = format!("rustc-{}-src", package_vers(build));
     let name = format!("rust-src-{}", package_vers(build));
     let image = tmpdir(build).join(format!("{}-image", name));
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/step.rs b/src/bootstrap/step.rs
index 35eb98e4723f2..719fb82a56dce 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/step.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/step.rs
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ pub fn build_rules(build: &Build) -> Rules {
     rules.dist("dist-src", "src")
          .default(true)
          .host(true)
-         .run(move |_| dist::rust_src(build));
+         .run(move |s| dist::rust_src(build, s.target));
     rules.dist("dist-docs", "src/doc")
          .default(true)
          .dep(|s| s.name("default:doc"))
@@ -822,7 +822,16 @@ invalid rule dependency graph detected, was a rule added and maybe typo'd?
             let hosts = if self.build.flags.host.len() > 0 {
                 &self.build.flags.host
             } else {
-                &self.build.config.host
+                if kind == Kind::Dist {
+                    // For 'dist' steps we only distribute artifacts built from
+                    // the build platform, so only consider that in the hosts
+                    // array.
+                    // NOTE: This relies on the fact that the build triple is
+                    // always placed first, as done in `config.rs`.
+                    &self.build.config.host[..1]
+                } else {
+                    &self.build.config.host
+                }
             };
             let targets = if self.build.flags.target.len() > 0 {
                 &self.build.flags.target