diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 231da8ea1..4d5a431b0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -524,3 +524,7 @@ vscode/
 
 # SCons build directory
 build/
+
+# Cargo artifacts
+Cargo.lock
+target/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d6ecdfc45..a0808c1ef 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/base:0-${VARIANT}
 
 # [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
 RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
-    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends build-essential software-properties-common xz-utils g++ sbcl julia python3 python3-pip python3-dev ghc openjdk-11-jdk rustc libssl-dev gfortran libxml2-dev libyaml-dev libgmp-dev libz-dev libncurses5 gnuplot nodejs npm lua5.3 ocaml php ruby-full gnu-smalltalk scratch libfftw3-dev cmake
+    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends build-essential software-properties-common xz-utils g++ sbcl julia python3 python3-pip python3-dev ghc openjdk-11-jdk libssl-dev gfortran libxml2-dev libyaml-dev libgmp-dev libz-dev libncurses5 gnuplot nodejs npm lua5.3 ocaml php ruby-full gnu-smalltalk scratch libfftw3-dev cmake
 
 # Setup Crystal
 RUN echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/crystal/xUbuntu_20.04/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:languages:crystal.list
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ RUN sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu fo
 RUN sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys D9D33FCD84D82C17288BA03B3C9A6980F827E01E
 RUN sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/plt/racket/ubuntu focal main'
 
+# Setup Rust
+RUN curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y
+
 # Setup Scratch
 ## using 1.x right now.... in future checkout snap or adobe air?
 
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 93354e152..1a20bf633 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -10,17 +10,22 @@ To run the compilation for all implementations in one language, e.g. C, run the
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
 
-env = Environment(ENV={'PATH': os.environ['PATH']},
-		  tools=['gcc', 'gnulink', 'g++', 'gas'])
+rust_cargo_builder = Builder(action=['cargo build --bins --manifest-path $MANIFEST',
+                                     Move('$TARGET$PROGSUFFIX', '$SOURCE_DIR/target/debug/main$PROGSUFFIX')])
 
-env['ASFLAGS'] = '--64'
+rust_rustc_builder = Builder(action='rustc $SOURCE -o $TARGET$PROGSUFFIX')
+
+env = Environment(ENV=os.environ,
+                  BUILDERS={'rustc': rust_rustc_builder, 'cargo': rust_cargo_builder},
+                  tools=['gcc', 'gnulink', 'g++', 'gas'])
 
 env['CCFLAGS'] = ''
 env['CXXFLAGS'] = '-std=c++17'
+env['ASFLAGS'] = '--64'
 
 # Add other languages here when you want to add language targets
 # Put 'name_of_language_directory' : 'file_extension'
-languages = {'c': 'c', 'cpp': 'cpp', 'asm-x64': 's'}
+languages = {'c': 'c', 'cpp': 'cpp', 'asm-x64': 's', 'rust': 'rs'}
 
 env.C = env.Program
 env.CPlusPlus = env.Program
diff --git a/contents/barnsley/code/rust/Cargo.toml b/contents/barnsley/code/rust/Cargo.toml
index 40780594a..52505634b 100644
--- a/contents/barnsley/code/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contents/barnsley/code/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 [package]
-name = "rust"
+name = "barnsley"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-rand = "0.8.4"
\ No newline at end of file
+rand = "0.8.4"
+
+[[bin]]
+path = "./barnsley.rs"
+name = "main"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contents/barnsley/code/rust/src/main.rs b/contents/barnsley/code/rust/barnsley.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from contents/barnsley/code/rust/src/main.rs
rename to contents/barnsley/code/rust/barnsley.rs
diff --git a/contents/cooley_tukey/code/rust/Cargo.toml b/contents/cooley_tukey/code/rust/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cba5179d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contents/cooley_tukey/code/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "rust"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+rand = "0.7.3"
+rustfft = "4.1.0"
+
+[[bin]]
+path = "./fft.rs"
+name = "main"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contents/huffman_encoding/code/rust/Cargo.toml b/contents/huffman_encoding/code/rust/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1add99ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contents/huffman_encoding/code/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "huffman"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+itertools = "0.10.1"
+
+[[bin]]
+path = "./huffman.rs"
+name = "main"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contents/monte_carlo_integration/code/rust/Cargo.toml b/contents/monte_carlo_integration/code/rust/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17ff7f385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contents/monte_carlo_integration/code/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "montecarlo"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+rand = "0.8.4"
+
+[[bin]]
+path = "./monte_carlo.rs"
+name = "main"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contents/split-operator_method/code/rust/Cargo.toml b/contents/split-operator_method/code/rust/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..def85c23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contents/split-operator_method/code/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "splitop"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+rustfft = "4.1.0"
+
+[[bin]]
+path = "./split_op.rs"
+name = "main"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contents/split-operator_method/code/rust/split_op.rs b/contents/split-operator_method/code/rust/split_op.rs
index 7269f5148..d29e16a2e 100644
--- a/contents/split-operator_method/code/rust/split_op.rs
+++ b/contents/split-operator_method/code/rust/split_op.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-extern crate num;
 extern crate rustfft;
 
-use num::complex::Complex;
+use rustfft::num_complex::Complex;
 use rustfft::FFTplanner;
 use std::f64::consts::PI;
 use std::fs::File;
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ fn fft(x: &mut Vec<Complex<f64>>, inverse: bool) {
     let mut y = vec![Complex::new(0.0_f64, 0.0_f64); x.len()];
     let mut p = FFTplanner::new(inverse);
     let fft = p.plan_fft(x.len());
-    fft.process(x, &mut y);
+    fft.process(x.as_mut_slice(), y.as_mut_slice());
 
     for i in 0..x.len() {
         x[i] = y[i] / (x.len() as f64).sqrt();
diff --git a/sconscripts/rust_SConscript b/sconscripts/rust_SConscript
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9cf669c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sconscripts/rust_SConscript
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Import('files_to_compile env')
+from pathlib import Path
+
+for file in files_to_compile:
+    chapter_name = file.parent.parent.parent.stem
+    if (file.parent / 'Cargo.toml').exists():
+        env.cargo(target=f'#/build/rust/{chapter_name}',
+                  source=str(file),
+                  MANIFEST=str(file.parent / 'Cargo.toml'),
+                  SOURCE_DIR=str(file.parent))
+        env.Clean('rust', str(file.parent / 'target'))
+    else:
+        env.rustc(f'#/build/rust/{chapter_name}', str(file))
+        env.Clean('rust', f'#/build/rust/{chapter_name}.pdb')