diff --git a/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/rust_versions.inc b/poky/meta/conf/distro/include/rust_versions.inc
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+# include this in your distribution to easily switch between versions
+# just by changing RUST_VERSION variable
+
+RUST_VERSION ?= "1.51.0"
+
+PREFERRED_VERSION_cargo ?= "${RUST_VERSION}"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_cargo-native ?= "${RUST_VERSION}"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_libstd-rs ?= "${RUST_VERSION}"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_rust ?= "${RUST_VERSION}"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_rust-cross-${TARGET_ARCH} ?= "${RUST_VERSION}"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_rust-llvm ?= "${RUST_VERSION}"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_rust-llvm-native ?= "${RUST_VERSION}"
+PREFERRED_VERSION_rust-native ?= "${RUST_VERSION}"