diff --git a/buildtools/wafsamba/wscript b/buildtools/wafsamba/wscript
index 587bc6df8ac..ef9d5be62af 100644
--- a/buildtools/wafsamba/wscript
+++ b/buildtools/wafsamba/wscript
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ def configure(conf):
 
     conf.env.disable_python = Options.options.disable_python
     conf.env.enable_rust = Options.options.enable_rust
+    if Options.options.enable_rust:
+        conf.DEFINE('HAVE_RUST', '1')
 
     if (conf.env.AUTOCONF_HOST and
         conf.env.AUTOCONF_BUILD and
diff --git a/python/pyglue.c b/python/pyglue.c
index 042bf9e14f3..5598c0929f3 100644
--- a/python/pyglue.c
+++ b/python/pyglue.c
@@ -309,6 +309,16 @@ static PyObject *py_is_ad_dc_built(PyObject *self,
 #endif
 }
 
+static PyObject *py_is_rust_built(PyObject *self,
+		PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_RUST
+	Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+#else
+	Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+#endif
+}
+
 static PyObject *py_is_selftest_enabled(PyObject *self,
                 PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
 {
@@ -580,6 +590,8 @@ static PyMethodDef py_misc_methods[] = {
 		METH_NOARGS, "How many NDR internal tokens is too many for this build?" },
 	{ "get_burnt_commandline", (PyCFunction)py_get_burnt_commandline,
 		METH_VARARGS, "Return a redacted commandline to feed to setproctitle (None if no redaction required)" },
+	{ "is_rust_built", (PyCFunction)py_is_rust_built, METH_NOARGS,
+		"is Samba built with Rust?" },
 	{0}
 };
 
diff --git a/python/samba/__init__.py b/python/samba/__init__.py
index d0e797e94c3..538237a6331 100644
--- a/python/samba/__init__.py
+++ b/python/samba/__init__.py
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ is_ntvfs_fileserver_built = _glue.is_ntvfs_fileserver_built
 is_heimdal_built = _glue.is_heimdal_built
 is_ad_dc_built = _glue.is_ad_dc_built
 is_selftest_enabled = _glue.is_selftest_enabled
+is_rust_built = _glue.is_rust_built
 
 NTSTATUSError = _glue.NTSTATUSError
 HRESULTError = _glue.HRESULTError
diff --git a/python/samba/tests/rust.py b/python/samba/tests/rust.py
index d453b333027..99f66a26cd2 100644
--- a/python/samba/tests/rust.py
+++ b/python/samba/tests/rust.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from samba.tests import TestCase, BlackboxProcessError
 import os
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+from samba import is_rust_built
 
 
 class RustCargoTests(TestCase):
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ class RustCargoTests(TestCase):
                                        msg)
 
     def test_rust(self):
+        if not is_rust_built():
+            self.skipTest('Cannot test Samba Rust if not built')
+
         crates = []
         for root, dirs, files in os.walk(self.rust_dir):
             for file in files: