diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-lang-rust-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/test-lang-rust-audit.yml
index 33b5113017d..ee3fe47dee6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-lang-rust-audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-lang-rust-audit.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ on:
       - lang/rust/Cargo.toml
       - lang/rust/Cargo.lock
 
+defaults:
+  run:
+    working-directory: lang/rust # Currently does not work. See https://github.com/actions-rs/audit-check/issues/194
+
 jobs:
   audit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-lang-rust-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/test-lang-rust-ci.yml
index 449f55882bc..977ea110731 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-lang-rust-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-lang-rust-ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ on:
       - .github/workflows/test-lang-rust-ci.yml
       - lang/rust/**
 
+defaults:
+  run:
+    working-directory: lang/rust
+
 jobs:
   ci:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -53,23 +57,23 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
           command: fmt
-          args: --all -- --check
+          args: --manifest-path lang/rust/Cargo.toml --all -- --check
 
       - name: Rust Build
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
           command: build
-          args: --all-features --all-targets
+          args: --manifest-path lang/rust/Cargo.toml --all-features --all-targets
 
       - name: Rust Test
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
           command: test
-          args: --all-features --all-targets
+          args: --manifest-path lang/rust/Cargo.toml --all-features --all-targets
 
       # because of https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/6669
       - name: Rust Test docs
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
           command: test
-          args: --doc
+          args: --manifest-path lang/rust/Cargo.toml --doc
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-lang-rust-clippy.yml b/.github/workflows/test-lang-rust-clippy.yml
index 9ac107b3aa1..cedc5f5f042 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-lang-rust-clippy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-lang-rust-clippy.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ on:
       - .github/workflows/test-lang-rust-clippy.yml
       - lang/rust/**
 
+defaults:
+  run:
+    working-directory: lang/rust
+
 jobs:
   clippy_check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -39,4 +43,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions-rs/clippy-check@v1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          args: --all-features --all-targets -- -Dclippy::all -Dunused_imports
+          args: --manifest-path lang/rust/Cargo.toml  --all-features --all-targets -- -Dclippy::all -Dunused_imports
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 554c647555f..a441fe6fa10 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ do
       (cd lang/ruby; ./build.sh lint test)
       (cd lang/php; ./build.sh lint test)
       (cd lang/perl; ./build.sh lint test)
+      (cd lang/rust; ./build.sh lint test)
 
       (cd lang/py; ./build.sh interop-data-generate)
       (cd lang/c; ./build.sh interop-data-generate)
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ do
       (cd lang/js; ./build.sh dist)
       (cd lang/ruby; ./build.sh dist)
       (cd lang/php; ./build.sh dist)
+      (cd lang/rust; ./build.sh dist)
 
       mkdir -p dist/perl
       (cd lang/perl; ./build.sh dist)
@@ -226,6 +228,8 @@ do
       (cd lang/php; ./build.sh clean)
 
       (cd lang/perl; ./build.sh clean)
+
+      (cd lang/rust; ./build.sh clean)
       ;;
 
     veryclean)
@@ -253,6 +257,8 @@ do
 
       (cd lang/perl; ./build.sh clean)
 
+      (cd lang/rust; ./build.sh clean)
+
       rm -rf lang/c++/build
       rm -rf lang/js/node_modules
       rm -rf lang/perl/inc/
diff --git a/lang/rust/build.sh b/lang/rust/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..d9a24849c32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/rust/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -e
+
+cd `dirname "$0"`
+
+for target in "$@"
+do
+  case "$target" in
+    clean)
+      cargo clean
+      ;;
+    lint)
+      cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -Dclippy::all
+      ;;
+    test)
+      cargo test
+      ;;
+    dist)
+      cargo build --release --lib --all-features
+      cargo package
+      mkdir -p  ../../dist/rust
+      cp target/package/avro-rs-*.crate ../../dist/rust
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Usage: $0 {lint|test|dist|clean}" >&2
+      exit 1
+  esac
+done
diff --git a/lang/rust/src/lib.rs b/lang/rust/src/lib.rs
index 5376d3a09e0..21530d9a65a 100644
--- a/lang/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ mod tests {
         // Would allocated 18446744073709551605 bytes
         let illformed: &[u8] = &[0x3e, 0x15, 0xff, 0x1f, 0x15, 0xff];
 
-        let value = from_avro_datum(&schema, &mut &illformed[..], None);
+        let value = from_avro_datum(&schema, &mut &*illformed, None);
         assert!(value.is_err());
     }
 }
diff --git a/lang/rust/src/schema_compatibility.rs b/lang/rust/src/schema_compatibility.rs
index 7236c64c3d2..7f2a5cfdad0 100644
--- a/lang/rust/src/schema_compatibility.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/src/schema_compatibility.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ impl Checker {
                         symbols: r_symbols, ..
                     } = readers_schema
                     {
-                        return w_symbols.iter().find(|e| !r_symbols.contains(e)).is_none();
+                        return !w_symbols.iter().any(|e| !r_symbols.contains(e));
                     }
                 }
                 false
@@ -597,10 +597,10 @@ mod tests {
             &writer_schema(),
             &reader_schema,
         ));
-        assert_eq!(
-            SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&reader_schema, &writer_schema()),
-            false
-        );
+        assert!(!SchemaCompatibility::can_read(
+            &reader_schema,
+            &writer_schema()
+        ));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -617,10 +617,10 @@ mod tests {
             &writer_schema(),
             &reader_schema
         ));
-        assert_eq!(
-            SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&reader_schema, &writer_schema()),
-            false
-        );
+        assert!(!SchemaCompatibility::can_read(
+            &reader_schema,
+            &writer_schema()
+        ));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -659,10 +659,10 @@ mod tests {
             &writer_schema(),
             &reader_schema
         ));
-        assert_eq!(
-            SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&reader_schema, &writer_schema()),
-            false
-        );
+        assert!(!SchemaCompatibility::can_read(
+            &reader_schema,
+            &writer_schema()
+        ));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -676,14 +676,14 @@ mod tests {
 "#,
         )
         .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(
-            SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&writer_schema(), &reader_schema),
-            false
-        );
-        assert_eq!(
-            SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&reader_schema, &writer_schema()),
-            false
-        );
+        assert!(!SchemaCompatibility::can_read(
+            &writer_schema(),
+            &reader_schema
+        ));
+        assert!(!SchemaCompatibility::can_read(
+            &reader_schema,
+            &writer_schema()
+        ));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -695,10 +695,10 @@ mod tests {
             &string_array_schema(),
             &valid_reader
         ));
-        assert_eq!(
-            SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&string_array_schema(), &invalid_reader),
-            false
-        );
+        assert!(!SchemaCompatibility::can_read(
+            &string_array_schema(),
+            &invalid_reader
+        ));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -708,10 +708,10 @@ mod tests {
             &Schema::String,
             &valid_reader
         ));
-        assert_eq!(
-            SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&Schema::Int, &Schema::String),
-            false
-        );
+        assert!(!SchemaCompatibility::can_read(
+            &Schema::Int,
+            &Schema::String
+        ));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -720,10 +720,7 @@ mod tests {
         let union_writer = union_schema(vec![Schema::Int, Schema::String]);
         let union_reader = union_schema(vec![Schema::String]);
 
-        assert_eq!(
-            SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&union_writer, &union_reader),
-            false
-        );
+        assert!(!SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&union_writer, &union_reader));
         assert!(SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&union_reader, &union_writer));
     }
 
@@ -747,10 +744,7 @@ mod tests {
         )
         .unwrap();
 
-        assert_eq!(
-            SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&string_schema, &int_schema),
-            false
-        );
+        assert!(!SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&string_schema, &int_schema));
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -764,10 +758,7 @@ mod tests {
         let enum_schema2 =
             Schema::parse_str(r#"{"type":"enum", "name":"MyEnum", "symbols":["A","B","C"]}"#)
                 .unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(
-            SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&enum_schema2, &enum_schema1),
-            false
-        );
+        assert!(!SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&enum_schema2, &enum_schema1));
         assert!(SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&enum_schema1, &enum_schema2));
     }
 
@@ -844,10 +835,10 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_union_resolution_no_structure_match() {
         // short name match, but no structure match
         let read_schema = union_schema(vec![Schema::Null, point_3d_no_default_schema()]);
-        assert_eq!(
-            SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&point_2d_fullname_schema(), &read_schema),
-            false
-        );
+        assert!(!SchemaCompatibility::can_read(
+            &point_2d_fullname_schema(),
+            &read_schema
+        ));
     }
 
     // TODO(nlopes): the below require named schemas to be fully supported. See:
@@ -862,9 +853,8 @@ mod tests {
     //         point_2d_schema(),
     //         point_3d_schema(),
     //     ]);
-    //     assert_eq!(
-    //         SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&point_2d_fullname_schema(), &read_schema),
-    //         false
+    //     assert!(
+    //         !SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&point_2d_fullname_schema(), &read_schema)
     //     );
     // }
 
@@ -877,9 +867,8 @@ mod tests {
     //         point_3d_schema(),
     //         point_2d_schema(),
     //     ]);
-    //     assert_eq!(
-    //         SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&point_2d_fullname_schema(), &read_schema),
-    //         false
+    //     assert!(
+    //         !SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&point_2d_fullname_schema(), &read_schema)
     //     );
     // }
 
@@ -892,9 +881,8 @@ mod tests {
     //         point_3d_match_name_schema(),
     //         point_3d_schema(),
     //     ]);
-    //     assert_eq!(
-    //         SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&point_2d_fullname_schema(), &read_schema),
-    //         false
+    //     assert!(
+    //         !SchemaCompatibility::can_read(&point_2d_fullname_schema(), &read_schema)
     //     );
     // }
 
diff --git a/lang/rust/src/ser.rs b/lang/rust/src/ser.rs
index 4ce62bea7d2..480ea0e4cd9 100644
--- a/lang/rust/src/ser.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/src/ser.rs
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ impl<'a> ser::SerializeTupleVariant for SeqVariantSerializer<'a> {
     }
 
     fn end(self) -> Result<Self::Ok, Self::Error> {
-        Ok(ser::SerializeSeq::end(self)?)
+        ser::SerializeSeq::end(self)
     }
 }
 
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ mod tests {
             a: SingleValueInternalEnum::Double(64.0),
         };
 
-        assert_eq!(to_value(test).is_err(), true);
+        assert!(to_value(test).is_err(), "{}", true);
 
         let test = TestSingleValueAdjacentEnum {
             a: SingleValueAdjacentEnum::Double(64.0),
diff --git a/lang/rust/src/util.rs b/lang/rust/src/util.rs
index 1d7559faeba..f9daf285998 100644
--- a/lang/rust/src/util.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/src/util.rs
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_overflow() {
         let causes_left_shift_overflow: &[u8] = &[0xe1, 0xe1, 0xe1, 0xe1, 0xe1];
-        assert!(decode_variable(&mut &causes_left_shift_overflow[..]).is_err());
+        assert!(decode_variable(&mut &*causes_left_shift_overflow).is_err());
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/lang/rust/tests/io.rs b/lang/rust/tests/io.rs
index a6edd541942..93edf0d7b45 100644
--- a/lang/rust/tests/io.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/tests/io.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ fn test_validate() {
         let schema = Schema::parse_str(raw_schema).unwrap();
         assert!(
             value.validate(&schema),
-            format!("value {:?} does not validate schema: {}", value, raw_schema)
+            "value {:?} does not validate schema: {}",
+            value,
+            raw_schema
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/lang/rust/tests/schema.rs b/lang/rust/tests/schema.rs
index 9e602b0a9f0..4f20c8cb4f3 100644
--- a/lang/rust/tests/schema.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/tests/schema.rs
@@ -1170,7 +1170,8 @@ fn test_root_error_is_not_swallowed_on_parse_error() -> Result<(), String> {
     if let Error::ParseSchemaJson(e) = error {
         assert!(
             e.to_string().contains("expected value at line 1 column 1"),
-            e.to_string()
+            "{}",
+            e
         );
         Ok(())
     } else {