diff --git a/lang/rust/Makefile b/lang/rust/Makefile
--- a/lang/rust/Makefile
+++ b/lang/rust/Makefile
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 # ?= to allow users to still overwrite it in make.conf.
 TMPDIR?=	${WRKDIR}
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS GDB LTO PORT_LLVM SOURCES WASM
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	SOURCES WASM
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=		DOCS GDB LTO PORT_LLVM SOURCES WASM FREESTANDING
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	SOURCES WASM FREESTANDING
 OPTIONS_DEFINE_i386=	SSE2
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT_i386=	SSE2
 
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 SSE2_DESC=	Enable SSE2 instructions
 SOURCES_DESC=	Install source files
 WASM_DESC=	Build the WebAssembly target (wasm32-unknown-unknown)
+FREESTANDING_DESC= Build freestanding targets for FreeBSD Tier 1 archs (aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat and x86_64-unknown-none)
 
 SSE2_EXTRA_PATCHES_OFF+=	${FILESDIR}/extra-patch-compiler_rustc__target_src_spec_targets_i686__unknown__freebsd.rs
 
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@
 			_RUST_TOOLS+=src
 WASM_VARS=		_COMPONENTS+="rust-analysis-${_PACKAGE_VERS}-wasm32-unknown-unknown rust-std-${_PACKAGE_VERS}-wasm32-unknown-unknown" \
 			_RUST_TARGETS+=wasm32-unknown-unknown
+FREESTANDING_VARS=		_COMPONENTS+="rust-std-${_PACKAGE_VERS}-aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat rust-std-${_PACKAGE_VERS}-x86_64-unknown-none" \
+			_RUST_TARGETS+="aarch64-unknown-none-softfloat x86_64-unknown-none"
 
 # See WRKSRC/src/stage0 for the date and version values
 BOOTSTRAPS_DATE?=		2024-10-17