diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_rust.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_rust.py
index fb9dd2d916..763125ca20 100644
--- a/support/testing/tests/package/test_rust.py
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_rust.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import shutil
 
 import infra.basetest
 
@@ -54,3 +55,44 @@ class TestRust(TestRustBase):
     def test_run(self):
         self.login()
         self.assertRunOk("rg Buildroot /etc/issue")
+
+
+class TestRustVendoring(infra.basetest.BRConfigTest):
+    config = \
+        """
+        BR2_arm=y
+        BR2_cortex_a9=y
+        BR2_ARM_ENABLE_NEON=y
+        BR2_ARM_ENABLE_VFP=y
+        BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL=y
+        # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
+        BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_RUSTC=y
+        BR2_PACKAGE_RIPGREP=y
+        BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3=y
+        BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CRYPTOGRAPHY=y
+        BR2_BACKUP_SITE=""
+        """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestRustVendoring, self).setUp()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.show_msg("Cleaning up")
+        if self.b and not self.keepbuilds:
+            self.b.delete()
+
+    def check_download(self, package):
+        # store downloaded tarball inside the output dir so the test infra
+        # cleans it up at the end
+        dl_dir = os.path.join(self.builddir, "dl")
+        # enforce we test the download
+        if os.path.exists(dl_dir):
+            shutil.rmtree(dl_dir)
+        env = {"BR2_DL_DIR": dl_dir}
+        self.b.build(["{}-dirclean".format(package),
+                      "{}-legal-info".format(package)],
+                     env)
+
+    def test_run(self):
+        self.check_download("ripgrep")
+        self.check_download("python-cryptography")