diff --git a/crates/metadata/lib.rs b/crates/metadata/lib.rs
index 82fc6da68..e9b7a4a15 100644
--- a/crates/metadata/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/metadata/lib.rs
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ impl Metadata {
             let rustflags =
                 toml::to_string(&self.rustc_args).expect("serializing a string should never fail");
             cargo_args.push(format!("build.rustflags={}", rustflags));
+            cargo_args.push("-Zhost-config".into());
+            cargo_args.push("-Ztarget-applies-to-host".into());
+            cargo_args.push("--config".into());
+            cargo_args.push(format!("host.rustflags={}", rustflags));
         }
 
         if !all_rustdoc_args.is_empty() {
diff --git a/src/docbuilder/rustwide_builder.rs b/src/docbuilder/rustwide_builder.rs
index de8f58e41..e591f6fa0 100644
--- a/src/docbuilder/rustwide_builder.rs
+++ b/src/docbuilder/rustwide_builder.rs
@@ -1081,4 +1081,16 @@ mod tests {
             Ok(())
         });
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore]
+    fn test_rustflags_are_passed_to_build_script() {
+        wrapper(|env| {
+            let crate_ = "proc-macro2";
+            let version = "1.0.33";
+            let mut builder = RustwideBuilder::init(env).unwrap();
+            assert!(builder.build_package(crate_, version, PackageKind::CratesIo)?);
+            Ok(())
+        });
+    }
 }