diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 92d94d01cf..fc72f88145 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ load("@bazel_skylib//:workspace.bzl", "bazel_skylib_workspace")
 
 bazel_skylib_workspace()
 
+load("//test:deps.bzl", "io_bazel_rules_rust_test_deps")
+
+io_bazel_rules_rust_test_deps()
+
 # --- end stardoc
 
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
diff --git a/rust/repositories.bzl b/rust/repositories.bzl
index 2b0aea9adc..a73283eaa0 100644
--- a/rust/repositories.bzl
+++ b/rust/repositories.bzl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ load(
 )
 
 DEFAULT_TOOLCHAIN_NAME_PREFIX = "toolchain_for"
+DEFAULT_STATIC_RUST_URL_TEMPLATES = ["https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/{}.tar.gz"]
 
 # buildifier: disable=unnamed-macro
 def rust_repositories(
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ def rust_repositories(
         edition = None,
         dev_components = False,
         sha256s = None,
-        urls = ["https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/{}.tar.gz"]):
+        urls = DEFAULT_STATIC_RUST_URL_TEMPLATES):
     """Emits a default set of toolchains for Linux, MacOS, and Freebsd
 
     Skip this macro and call the `rust_repository_set` macros directly if you need a compiler for \
@@ -448,7 +449,7 @@ def load_arbitrary_tool(ctx, tool_name, tool_subdirectories, version, iso_date,
     static_rust = ctx.os.environ.get("STATIC_RUST_URL", "https://static.rust-lang.org")
     urls = ["{}/dist/{}.tar.gz".format(static_rust, tool_suburl)]
 
-    for url in ctx.attr.urls:
+    for url in getattr(ctx.attr, "urls", DEFAULT_STATIC_RUST_URL_TEMPLATES):
         new_url = url.format(tool_suburl)
         if new_url not in urls:
             urls.append(new_url)
@@ -671,7 +672,7 @@ rust_toolchain_repository = repository_rule(
         ),
         "urls": attr.string_list(
             doc = "A list of mirror urls containing the tools from the Rust-lang static file server. These must contain the '{}' used to substitute the tool being fetched (using .format).",
-            default = ["https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/{}.tar.gz"],
+            default = DEFAULT_STATIC_RUST_URL_TEMPLATES,
         ),
     },
     implementation = _rust_toolchain_repository_impl,
@@ -711,7 +712,7 @@ def rust_repository_set(
         edition = None,
         dev_components = False,
         sha256s = None,
-        urls = ["https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/{}.tar.gz"]):
+        urls = DEFAULT_STATIC_RUST_URL_TEMPLATES):
     """Assembles a remote repository for the given toolchain params, produces a proxy repository \
     to contain the toolchain declaration, and registers the toolchains.
 
diff --git a/test/deps.bzl b/test/deps.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b06e9baf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/deps.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""A module defining dependencies of the `io_bazel_rules_rust` tests"""
+
+load("//test/load_arbitrary_tool:load_arbitrary_tool_test.bzl", "load_arbitrary_tool_test")
+
+def io_bazel_rules_rust_test_deps():
+    """Load dependencies for io_bazel_rules_rust tests"""
+
+    load_arbitrary_tool_test()
diff --git a/test/load_arbitrary_tool/BUILD.bazel b/test/load_arbitrary_tool/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d51b8b1abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/load_arbitrary_tool/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+load("@bazel_skylib//rules:build_test.bzl", "build_test")
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "load_arbitrary_tool_test_src",
+    srcs = [
+        "@io_bazel_rules_rust_load_arbitrary_tool_test//:bin/cargo",
+    ],
+)
+
+build_test(
+    name = "load_arbitrary_tool_test",
+    targets = [
+        ":load_arbitrary_tool_test_src",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/test/load_arbitrary_tool/load_arbitrary_tool_test.bzl b/test/load_arbitrary_tool/load_arbitrary_tool_test.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b713734b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/load_arbitrary_tool/load_arbitrary_tool_test.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# buildifier: disable=module-docstring
+load("//rust:repositories.bzl", "load_arbitrary_tool")
+
+def _load_arbitrary_tool_test_impl(repository_ctx):
+    if "mac" in repository_ctx.os.name:
+        target_triple = "x86_64-apple-darwin"
+    elif "windows" in repository_ctx.os.name:
+        target_triple = "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"
+    else:
+        target_triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+    # Download cargo
+    load_arbitrary_tool(
+        ctx = repository_ctx,
+        tool_name = "cargo",
+        tool_subdirectories = ["cargo"],
+        version = "1.49.0",
+        iso_date = None,
+        target_triple = target_triple,
+    )
+
+    repo_path = repository_ctx.path(".")
+    repository_ctx.file(
+        "{}/BUILD.bazel".format(repo_path),
+        content = "exports_files([\"bin/cargo\"])",
+    )
+
+_load_arbitrary_tool_test = repository_rule(
+    implementation = _load_arbitrary_tool_test_impl,
+    doc = (
+        "A test repository rule ensuring `load_arbitrary_tool` functions " +
+        "without requiring any attributes on a repository rule"
+    ),
+)
+
+def load_arbitrary_tool_test():
+    """Define the a test repository for ensuring `load_arbitrary_tool` has no attribute requirements"""
+    _load_arbitrary_tool_test(
+        name = "io_bazel_rules_rust_load_arbitrary_tool_test",
+    )