diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/rust-target-config.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/rust-target-config.bbclass
index 1bd7626bd8..31b4bd9afd 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/rust-target-config.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/rust-target-config.bbclass
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ def rust_gen_target(d, thing, wd, arch):
     sys = d.getVar('{}_SYS'.format(thing))
     prefix = d.getVar('{}_PREFIX'.format(thing))
     rustsys = d.getVar('RUST_{}_SYS'.format(thing))
+    os = d.getVar('{}_OS'.format(thing))
 
     abi = None
     cpu = "generic"
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ def rust_gen_target(d, thing, wd, arch):
     tspec['target-c-int-width'] = d.getVarFlag('TARGET_C_INT_WIDTH', arch_abi)
     tspec['target-endian'] = d.getVarFlag('TARGET_ENDIAN', arch_abi)
     tspec['arch'] = arch_to_rust_target_arch(rust_arch)
-    if "baremetal" in d.getVar('TCLIBC'):
+    if "elf" in os:
         tspec['os'] = "none"
     else:
         tspec['os'] = "linux"