diff --git a/crates/build/src/command/docker.rs b/crates/build/src/command/docker.rs
index f208b41bd4..02c877d675 100644
--- a/crates/build/src/command/docker.rs
+++ b/crates/build/src/command/docker.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pub(crate) fn create_docker_command(
         "-e".to_string(),
         "RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP=1".to_string(), // allows trim-paths.
         "-e".to_string(),
-        format!("CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS={}", get_rust_compiler_flags()),
+        format!("CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS={}", get_rust_compiler_flags(args)),
         "--entrypoint".to_string(),
         "".to_string(),
         image,
diff --git a/crates/build/src/command/local.rs b/crates/build/src/command/local.rs
index 7d22194436..0e9fe68e5d 100644
--- a/crates/build/src/command/local.rs
+++ b/crates/build/src/command/local.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub(crate) fn create_local_command(
     command
         .current_dir(canonicalized_program_dir)
         .env("RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN", "succinct")
-        .env("CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS", get_rust_compiler_flags())
+        .env("CARGO_ENCODED_RUSTFLAGS", get_rust_compiler_flags(args))
         .env_remove("RUSTC")
         .env("CARGO_TARGET_DIR", program_metadata.target_directory.join(HELPER_TARGET_SUBDIR))
         // TODO: remove once trim-paths is supported - https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/111540
diff --git a/crates/build/src/command/utils.rs b/crates/build/src/command/utils.rs
index 7ddcd00336..7eef9dc9a4 100644
--- a/crates/build/src/command/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/build/src/command/utils.rs
@@ -44,15 +44,11 @@ pub(crate) fn get_program_build_args(args: &BuildArgs) -> Vec<String> {
 }
 
 /// Rust flags for compilation of C libraries.
-pub(crate) fn get_rust_compiler_flags() -> String {
-    let rust_flags = [
-        "-C".to_string(),
-        "passes=loweratomic".to_string(),
-        "-C".to_string(),
-        "link-arg=-Ttext=0x00200800".to_string(),
-        "-C".to_string(),
-        "panic=abort".to_string(),
-    ];
+pub(crate) fn get_rust_compiler_flags(args: &BuildArgs) -> String {
+    let rust_flags =
+        ["-C", "passes=loweratomic", "-C", "link-arg=-Ttext=0x00200800", "-C", "panic=abort"];
+    let rust_flags: Vec<_> =
+        rust_flags.into_iter().chain(args.rustflags.iter().map(String::as_str)).collect();
     rust_flags.join("\x1f")
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/build/src/lib.rs b/crates/build/src/lib.rs
index b734230dbf..17b18602fc 100644
--- a/crates/build/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/build/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ pub struct BuildArgs {
         help = "Space or comma separated list of features to activate"
     )]
     pub features: Vec<String>,
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        action,
+        value_delimiter = ',',
+        help = "Space or comma separated list of extra flags to invokes `rustc` with"
+    )]
+    pub rustflags: Vec<String>,
     #[clap(long, action, help = "Do not activate the `default` feature")]
     pub no_default_features: bool,
     #[clap(long, action, help = "Ignore `rust-version` specification in packages")]
@@ -70,6 +77,7 @@ impl Default for BuildArgs {
             docker: false,
             tag: DEFAULT_TAG.to_string(),
             features: vec![],
+            rustflags: vec![],
             ignore_rust_version: false,
             binary: "".to_string(),
             elf_name: "".to_string(),