diff --git a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass
index 93e185f..7a8cc1e 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes-recipe/cargo.bbclass
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 RUSTFLAGS ??= ""
 BUILD_MODE = "${@['--release', ''][d.getVar('DEBUG_BUILD') == '1']}"
-CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS = "-v --target ${RUST_HOST_SYS} ${BUILD_MODE} --manifest-path=${MANIFEST_PATH}"
+CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS = "-v --offline --target ${RUST_HOST_SYS} ${BUILD_MODE} --manifest-path=${MANIFEST_PATH}"
 
 # This is based on the content of CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS and generally will need to
 # change if CARGO_BUILD_FLAGS changes.