diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/rust/default.nix
index 37ea264a53fb..57948c33bbc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/default.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
   postUnpack = ''
     eval "$cargoDepsHook"
 
+    unpackFile "$cargoDeps"
+    cargoDepsCopy=$(stripHash $(basename $cargoDeps))
+    chmod -R +w "$cargoDepsCopy"
+
     mkdir .cargo
     cat >.cargo/config <<-EOF
       [source.crates-io]
@@ -50,9 +54,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
       replace-with = 'vendored-sources'
 
       [source.vendored-sources]
-      directory = '$cargoDeps'
+      directory = '$(pwd)/$cargoDepsCopy'
     EOF
 
+    unset cargoDepsCopy
+
     export RUST_LOG=${logLevel}
     export SSL_CERT_FILE=${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
   '' + (args.postUnpack or "");