diff --git a/Manifest.txt b/Manifest.txt
index 3591f722552e..bb998d7aa4ae 100644
--- a/Manifest.txt
+++ b/Manifest.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ bundler/lib/bundler/templates/Gemfile
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/gems.rb
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/CHANGELOG.md.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md.tt
+bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Cargo.toml.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Gemfile.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/LICENSE.txt.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/README.md.tt
@@ -201,9 +202,11 @@ bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/bin/console.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/bin/setup.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/circleci/config.yml.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/exe/newgem.tt
+bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/Cargo.toml.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/extconf.rb.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/newgem.c.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/newgem.h.tt
+bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/src/lib.rs.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/github/workflows/main.yml.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/gitignore.tt
 bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/gitlab-ci.yml.tt
diff --git a/bundler/lib/bundler/cli.rb b/bundler/lib/bundler/cli.rb
index e1c284130be5..8317bba2d42d 100644
--- a/bundler/lib/bundler/cli.rb
+++ b/bundler/lib/bundler/cli.rb
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ def viz
     method_option :edit, :type => :string, :aliases => "-e", :required => false, :banner => "EDITOR",
                          :lazy_default => [ENV["BUNDLER_EDITOR"], ENV["VISUAL"], ENV["EDITOR"]].find {|e| !e.nil? && !e.empty? },
                          :desc => "Open generated gemspec in the specified editor (defaults to $EDITOR or $BUNDLER_EDITOR)"
+    method_option :rust, :type => :boolean, :default => false, :desc => "Generate the boilerplate for Rust native extension code"
     method_option :ext, :type => :boolean, :default => false, :desc => "Generate the boilerplate for C extension code"
     method_option :git, :type => :boolean, :default => true, :desc => "Initialize a git repo inside your library."
     method_option :mit, :type => :boolean, :desc => "Generate an MIT license file. Set a default with `bundle config set --global gem.mit true`."
diff --git a/bundler/lib/bundler/cli/gem.rb b/bundler/lib/bundler/cli/gem.rb
index c4c76d1b69de..c957fc5368a9 100644
--- a/bundler/lib/bundler/cli/gem.rb
+++ b/bundler/lib/bundler/cli/gem.rb
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def run
         :email            => git_user_email.empty? ? "TODO: Write your email address" : git_user_email,
         :test             => options[:test],
         :ext              => options[:ext],
+        :rust             => options[:rust],
         :exe              => options[:exe],
         :bundler_version  => bundler_dependency_version,
         :git              => use_git,
@@ -196,6 +197,15 @@ def run
         )
       end
 
+      if options[:rust]
+        templates.merge!(
+          "ext/newgem/extconf.rb.tt" => "ext/#{name}/extconf.rb",
+          "ext/newgem/Cargo.toml.tt" => "ext/#{name}/Cargo.toml",
+          "ext/newgem/src/lib.rs.tt" => "ext/#{name}/src/lib.rs",
+          "Cargo.toml.tt" => "Cargo.toml",
+        )
+      end
+
       if target.exist? && !target.directory?
         Bundler.ui.error "Couldn't create a new gem named `#{gem_name}` because there's an existing file named `#{gem_name}`."
         exit Bundler::BundlerError.all_errors[Bundler::GenericSystemCallError]
diff --git a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Cargo.toml.tt b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Cargo.toml.tt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a7f5c238d49e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Cargo.toml.tt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# This Cargo.toml is here to let externals tools (IDEs, etc.) know that this is
+# a Rust project. Your extensions depedencies should be added to the Cargo.toml
+# in the ext/ directory.
+
+[workspace]
+members = ["./ext/<%= config[:name] %>"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Gemfile.tt b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Gemfile.tt
index de82a63c5ff6..488c76e550e6 100644
--- a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Gemfile.tt
+++ b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Gemfile.tt
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 gemspec
 
 gem "rake", "~> 13.0"
-<%- if config[:ext] -%>
+<%- if config[:ext] || config[:rust] -%>
 
 gem "rake-compiler"
 <%- end -%>
+<%- if config[:rust] -%>
+
+gem "rb_sys"
+<%- end -%>
 <%- if config[:test] -%>
 
 gem "<%= config[:test] %>", "~> <%= config[:test_framework_version] %>"
diff --git a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Rakefile.tt b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Rakefile.tt
index b02ada9b6ced..a3548c1a8d9a 100644
--- a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Rakefile.tt
+++ b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/Rakefile.tt
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ RuboCop::RakeTask.new
 require "standard/rake"
 
 <% end -%>
-<% if config[:ext] -%>
-<% default_task_names.unshift(:clobber, :compile) -%>
+<% if config[:ext] || config[:rust] -%>
+<% default_task_names.unshift(:compile) -%>
+<% default_task_names.unshift(:clobber) unless config[:rust] -%>
 require "rake/extensiontask"
 
 task build: :compile
diff --git a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/Cargo.toml.tt b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/Cargo.toml.tt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2fc4659ed5ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/Cargo.toml.tt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[package]
+name = <%= config[:name].inspect %>
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+authors = ["<%= config[:author] %> <<%= config[:email] %>>"]
+<%- if config[:mit] -%>
+license = "MIT"
+<%- end -%>
+publish = false
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+rb-sys = "0.9"
+rb-allocator = "0.9"
+magnus = { version = "0.3", features = ["rb-sys-interop"] }
diff --git a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/extconf.rb.tt b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/extconf.rb.tt
index e918063ddf68..53af1059f6f1 100644
--- a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/extconf.rb.tt
+++ b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/extconf.rb.tt
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require "mkmf"
+<% if config[:rust] -%>
+require "rb_sys/mkmf"
+
+create_rust_makefile(<%= config[:makefile_path].inspect %>)
+<% else -%>
 
 create_makefile(<%= config[:makefile_path].inspect %>)
+<% end -%>
diff --git a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/src/lib.rs.tt b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/src/lib.rs.tt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b0f16b22af72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/ext/newgem/src/lib.rs.tt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use magnus::{define_module, function, prelude::*, Error};
+use rb_allocator::ruby_global_allocator;
+use rb_sys::ruby_extension;
+
+// Ensure that the Ruby C ABI is being used.
+ruby_extension!();
+
+// Inform Ruby's GC about memory allocations.
+ruby_global_allocator!();
+
+fn hello(subject: String) -> String {
+    format!("Hello from Rust, {}!", subject)
+}
+
+#[magnus::init]
+fn init() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let module = <%= config[:constant_array].map {|c| "define_module(#{c.dump})?"}.join(".") %>;
+    module.define_singleton_method("hello", function!(hello, 1))?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/gitignore.tt b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/gitignore.tt
index b1c9f9986cc4..8183366ba6e4 100644
--- a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/gitignore.tt
+++ b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/gitignore.tt
@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@
 /pkg/
 /spec/reports/
 /tmp/
-<%- if config[:ext] -%>
+<%- if config[:ext] || config[:rust] -%>
 *.bundle
 *.so
 *.o
 *.a
 mkmf.log
 <%- end -%>
+<%- if config[:rust] -%>
+target/
+<%- end -%>
 <%- if config[:test] == "rspec" -%>
 
 # rspec failure tracking
diff --git a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/lib/newgem.rb.tt b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/lib/newgem.rb.tt
index caf6e32f4abf..dc111733b7d2 100644
--- a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/lib/newgem.rb.tt
+++ b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/lib/newgem.rb.tt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require_relative "<%= File.basename(config[:namespaced_path]) %>/version"
-<%- if config[:ext] -%>
+<%- if config[:ext] || config[:rust] -%>
 require_relative "<%= File.basename(config[:namespaced_path]) %>/<%= config[:underscored_name] %>"
 <%- end -%>
 
diff --git a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/newgem.gemspec.tt b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/newgem.gemspec.tt
index ceb2e9b28d30..c6da3781d49c 100644
--- a/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/newgem.gemspec.tt
+++ b/bundler/lib/bundler/templates/newgem/newgem.gemspec.tt
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 <%- if config[:ext] -%>
   spec.extensions = ["ext/<%= config[:underscored_name] %>/extconf.rb"]
 <%- end -%>
+<%- if config[:rust] -%>
+  spec.extensions = ["ext/<%= config[:underscored_name] %>/Cargo.toml"]
+<%- end -%>
 
   # Uncomment to register a new dependency of your gem
   # spec.add_dependency "example-gem", "~> 1.0"
diff --git a/bundler/spec/commands/newgem_spec.rb b/bundler/spec/commands/newgem_spec.rb
index 55a04b69c59f..b7fe7f7abe38 100644
--- a/bundler/spec/commands/newgem_spec.rb
+++ b/bundler/spec/commands/newgem_spec.rb
@@ -338,6 +338,34 @@ def bundle_exec_standardrb
     expect(last_command).to be_success
   end
 
+  it "has no rubocop offenses when using --rust and --linter=rubocop flag", :readline do
+    skip "ruby_core has an 'ast.rb' file that gets in the middle and breaks this spec" if ruby_core?
+    bundle "gem #{gem_name} --rust --linter=rubocop"
+    bundle_exec_rubocop
+    expect(last_command).to be_success
+  end
+
+  it "has no rubocop offenses when using --rust, --test=minitest, and --linter=rubocop flag", :readline do
+    skip "ruby_core has an 'ast.rb' file that gets in the middle and breaks this spec" if ruby_core?
+    bundle "gem #{gem_name} --rust --test=minitest --linter=rubocop"
+    bundle_exec_rubocop
+    expect(last_command).to be_success
+  end
+
+  it "has no rubocop offenses when using --rust, --test=rspec, and --linter=rubocop flag", :readline do
+    skip "ruby_core has an 'ast.rb' file that gets in the middle and breaks this spec" if ruby_core?
+    bundle "gem #{gem_name} --rust --test=rspec --linter=rubocop"
+    bundle_exec_rubocop
+    expect(last_command).to be_success
+  end
+
+  it "has no rubocop offenses when using --rust, --test=test-unit, and --linter=rubocop flag", :readline do
+    skip "ruby_core has an 'ast.rb' file that gets in the middle and breaks this spec" if ruby_core?
+    bundle "gem #{gem_name} --ext --test=test-unit --linter=rubocop"
+    bundle_exec_rubocop
+    expect(last_command).to be_success
+  end
+
   it "has no standard offenses when using --linter=standard flag", :readline do
     skip "ruby_core has an 'ast.rb' file that gets in the middle and breaks this spec" if ruby_core?
     bundle "gem #{gem_name} --linter=standard"
@@ -1358,6 +1386,53 @@ def create_temporary_dir(dir)
         expect(bundled_app("#{gem_name}/Rakefile").read).to eq(rakefile)
       end
     end
+
+    context "--rust parameter set" do
+      let(:flags) { "--rust" }
+
+      before do
+        bundle ["gem", gem_name, flags].compact.join(" ")
+      end
+
+      it "builds ext skeleton" do
+        expect(bundled_app("#{gem_name}/ext/#{gem_name}/extconf.rb")).to exist
+        expect(bundled_app("#{gem_name}/ext/#{gem_name}/Cargo.toml")).to exist
+        expect(bundled_app("#{gem_name}/ext/#{gem_name}/src/lib.rs")).to exist
+      end
+
+      it "includes rake-compiler" do
+        expect(bundled_app("#{gem_name}/Gemfile").read).to include('gem "rake-compiler"')
+      end
+
+      it "includes rb_sys" do
+        expect(bundled_app("#{gem_name}/Gemfile").read).to include('gem "rb_sys"')
+        expect(bundled_app("#{gem_name}/ext/#{gem_name}/extconf.rb").read).to include('require "rb_sys/mkmf"')
+        expect(bundled_app("#{gem_name}/ext/#{gem_name}/extconf.rb").read).to include("create_rust_makefile")
+      end
+
+      it "includes magnus" do
+        expect(bundled_app("#{gem_name}/ext/#{gem_name}/Cargo.toml").read).to include("magnus")
+      end
+
+      it "depends on compile task for build" do
+        rakefile = strip_whitespace <<-RAKEFILE
+          # frozen_string_literal: true
+
+          require "bundler/gem_tasks"
+          require "rake/extensiontask"
+
+          task build: :compile
+
+          Rake::ExtensionTask.new("#{gem_name}") do |ext|
+            ext.lib_dir = "lib/#{gem_name}"
+          end
+
+          task default: :compile
+        RAKEFILE
+
+        expect(bundled_app("#{gem_name}/Rakefile").read).to eq(rakefile)
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context "gem naming with dashed", :readline do
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop23_gems.rb b/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop23_gems.rb
index 0c593d9d6cfa..7a24061e0cc8 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop23_gems.rb
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop23_gems.rb
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 gem "rake-compiler"
 gem "rspec"
 gem "test-unit"
+gem "rb_sys"
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop23_gems.rb.lock b/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop23_gems.rb.lock
index 03aeaae9f293..d9e8d0712e6a 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop23_gems.rb.lock
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop23_gems.rb.lock
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ GEM
     rake (13.0.6)
     rake-compiler (1.1.7)
       rake
+    rb_sys (0.9.19)
     rexml (3.2.5)
     rspec (3.10.0)
       rspec-core (~> 3.10.0)
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   parallel (= 1.19.2)
   rake
   rake-compiler
+  rb_sys (~> 0.9.19)
   rspec
   rubocop (= 0.81.0)
   test-unit
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop24_gems.rb b/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop24_gems.rb
index 89c6fd31c496..31c1d206602a 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop24_gems.rb
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop24_gems.rb
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 gem "rake-compiler"
 gem "rspec"
 gem "test-unit"
+gem "rb_sys"
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop24_gems.rb.lock b/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop24_gems.rb.lock
index e8436bbcc480..725b1b74f11e 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop24_gems.rb.lock
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop24_gems.rb.lock
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ GEM
     rake (13.0.6)
     rake-compiler (1.1.7)
       rake
+    rb_sys (0.9.19)
     regexp_parser (2.2.0)
     rexml (3.2.5)
     rspec (3.10.0)
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   parallel (= 1.19.2)
   rake
   rake-compiler
+  rb_sys (~> 0.9.19)
   rspec
   rubocop (~> 1.12.1)
   rubocop-ast (= 1.4.1)
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop_gems.rb b/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop_gems.rb
index 84cb226330a6..9cb740cd151b 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop_gems.rb
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop_gems.rb
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 gem "rake-compiler"
 gem "rspec"
 gem "test-unit"
+gem "rb_sys"
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop_gems.rb.lock b/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop_gems.rb.lock
index 13e541bcfae2..1d4560d6584f 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop_gems.rb.lock
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/rubocop_gems.rb.lock
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ GEM
     rake (13.0.6)
     rake-compiler (1.1.7)
       rake
+    rb_sys (0.9.19)
     regexp_parser (2.2.0)
     rexml (3.2.5)
     rspec (3.10.0)
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   minitest
   rake
   rake-compiler
+  rb_sys (~> 0.9.19)
   rspec
   rubocop (~> 1.7)
   test-unit
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/standard23_gems.rb b/bundler/tool/bundler/standard23_gems.rb
index eaf26b50985b..3fa61a13f4a8 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/standard23_gems.rb
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/standard23_gems.rb
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 gem "rake-compiler"
 gem "rspec"
 gem "test-unit"
+gem "rb_sys"
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/standard23_gems.rb.lock b/bundler/tool/bundler/standard23_gems.rb.lock
index 452fac6eef24..d3ddc58e2c93 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/standard23_gems.rb.lock
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/standard23_gems.rb.lock
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ GEM
     rake (13.0.6)
     rake-compiler (1.1.7)
       rake
+    rb_sys (0.9.19)
     rexml (3.2.5)
     rspec (3.10.0)
       rspec-core (~> 3.10.0)
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   parallel (= 1.19.2)
   rake
   rake-compiler
+  rb_sys (~> 0.9.19)
   rspec
   standard (= 0.2.5)
   test-unit
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/standard24_gems.rb b/bundler/tool/bundler/standard24_gems.rb
index 48bb61b965f5..70158aa9147c 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/standard24_gems.rb
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/standard24_gems.rb
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 gem "rake-compiler"
 gem "rspec"
 gem "test-unit"
+gem "rb_sys"
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/standard24_gems.rb.lock b/bundler/tool/bundler/standard24_gems.rb.lock
index 8bc877c141f3..1da7d55f7df1 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/standard24_gems.rb.lock
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/standard24_gems.rb.lock
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ GEM
     rake (13.0.6)
     rake-compiler (1.1.7)
       rake
+    rb_sys (0.9.19)
     regexp_parser (2.2.0)
     rexml (3.2.5)
     rspec (3.10.0)
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   parallel (= 1.19.2)
   rake
   rake-compiler
+  rb_sys (~> 0.9.19)
   rspec
   rubocop-ast (= 1.4.1)
   standard (~> 1.0.4)
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/standard_gems.rb b/bundler/tool/bundler/standard_gems.rb
index 1cd189742df9..20c1ecd82772 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/standard_gems.rb
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/standard_gems.rb
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 gem "rake-compiler"
 gem "rspec"
 gem "test-unit"
+gem "rb_sys"
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/standard_gems.rb.lock b/bundler/tool/bundler/standard_gems.rb.lock
index df346ad7ceac..552d8a3aa1b8 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/standard_gems.rb.lock
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/standard_gems.rb.lock
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ GEM
     rake (13.0.6)
     rake-compiler (1.1.7)
       rake
+    rb_sys (0.9.19)
     regexp_parser (2.2.0)
     rexml (3.2.5)
     rspec (3.10.0)
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   minitest
   rake
   rake-compiler
+  rb_sys (~> 0.9.19)
   rspec
   standard (~> 1.0)
   test-unit
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/test_gems.rb b/bundler/tool/bundler/test_gems.rb
index 215d23183e4d..1307a3ac7303 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/test_gems.rb
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/test_gems.rb
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 gem "sinatra", "~> 2.0"
 gem "rake", "13.0.1"
 gem "builder", "~> 3.2"
+gem "rb_sys"
diff --git a/bundler/tool/bundler/test_gems.rb.lock b/bundler/tool/bundler/test_gems.rb.lock
index 8e2f0768a617..b051f338f830 100644
--- a/bundler/tool/bundler/test_gems.rb.lock
+++ b/bundler/tool/bundler/test_gems.rb.lock
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ GEM
     rack-test (1.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.0, < 3)
     rake (13.0.1)
+    rb_sys (0.9.19)
     ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
     sinatra (2.0.8.1)
       mustermann (~> 1.0)
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rack (= 2.0.8)
   rack-test (~> 1.1)
   rake (= 13.0.1)
+  rb_sys (~> 0.9.19)
   sinatra (~> 2.0)
   webrick (= 1.7.0)