hostcxx_flags = -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) \
$(KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACXXFLAGS) \
$(HOSTCXXFLAGS_$(target-stem).o)
-hostrust_flags = --emit=dep-info=$(depfile) \
+
+# `--out-dir` is required to avoid temporaries being created by `rustc` in the
+# current working directory, which may be not accessible in the out-of-tree
+# modules case.
+hostrust_flags = --out-dir $(dir $@) --emit=dep-info=$(depfile) \
$(KBUILD_HOSTRUSTFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRARUSTFLAGS) \
$(HOSTRUSTFLAGS_$(target-stem))