diff --git a/srcpkgs/firefox/template b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
index f61f1f5ea84..9b28105db75 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/firefox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/firefox/template
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ desc_option_gtk3="Build the GTK+3 toolkit UI"
 desc_option_rust="Build rust components"
 
 hostmakedepends="autoconf213 unzip zip pkg-config perl python yasm
- $(vopt_if rust rust)"
+ $(vopt_if rust 'rust cargo')"
 makedepends="
  nss-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel gtk+-devel
  icu-devel pixman-devel sqlite-devel pulseaudio-devel