diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs
index 6d3163b90b10c..58c97df791aee 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs
@@ -680,9 +680,13 @@ impl Step for Miri {
             .arg("--manifest-path")
             .arg(builder.src.join("src/tools/miri/test-cargo-miri/Cargo.toml"));
         cargo.arg("--target").arg(target.rustc_target_arg());
-        cargo.arg("--tests"); // don't run doctests, they are too confused by the staging
-        cargo.arg("--").args(builder.config.test_args());
 
+        // `prepare_tool_cargo` sets RUSTDOC to the bootstrap wrapper and RUSTDOC_REAL to a dummy path as this is a "run", not a "test".
+        // Also, we want the rustdoc from the "next" stage for the same reason that we build a std from the next stage.
+        // So let's just set that here.
+        cargo.env("RUSTDOC", builder.rustdoc(compiler_std));
+
+        cargo.arg("--").args(builder.config.test_args());
         // Tell `cargo miri` where to find things.
         cargo.env("MIRI_SYSROOT", &miri_sysroot);
         cargo.env("MIRI_HOST_SYSROOT", sysroot);
diff --git a/src/tools/miri/README.md b/src/tools/miri/README.md
index b043805291ea5..26e55b897080c 100644
--- a/src/tools/miri/README.md
+++ b/src/tools/miri/README.md
@@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ binaries, and as such worth documenting:
 * `MIRI_LOCAL_CRATES` is set by `cargo-miri` to tell the Miri driver which
   crates should be given special treatment in diagnostics, in addition to the
   crate currently being compiled.
+* `MIRI_ORIG_RUSTDOC` is set and read by different phases of `cargo-miri` to remember the
+  value of `RUSTDOC` from before it was overwritten.
 * `MIRI_VERBOSE` when set to any value tells the various `cargo-miri` phases to
   perform verbose logging.
 * `MIRI_HOST_SYSROOT` is set by bootstrap to tell `cargo-miri` which sysroot to use for *host*
diff --git a/src/tools/miri/cargo-miri/src/phases.rs b/src/tools/miri/cargo-miri/src/phases.rs
index 81ff68545ccd3..45f83a9fc3a10 100644
--- a/src/tools/miri/cargo-miri/src/phases.rs
+++ b/src/tools/miri/cargo-miri/src/phases.rs
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ pub fn phase_cargo_miri(mut args: impl Iterator<Item = String>) {
     cmd.env("MIRI_BE_RUSTC", "target"); // we better remember to *unset* this in the other phases!
 
     // Set rustdoc to us as well, so we can run doctests.
+    if let Some(old_rustdoc) = env::var_os("RUSTDOC") {
+        cmd.env("MIRI_ORIG_RUSTDOC", old_rustdoc);
+    }
     cmd.env("RUSTDOC", &cargo_miri_path);
 
     cmd.env("MIRI_LOCAL_CRATES", local_crates(&metadata));
@@ -581,9 +584,10 @@ pub fn phase_rustdoc(mut args: impl Iterator<Item = String>) {
     let verbose = std::env::var("MIRI_VERBOSE")
         .map_or(0, |verbose| verbose.parse().expect("verbosity flag must be an integer"));
 
-    // phase_cargo_miri sets the RUSTDOC env var to ourselves, so we can't use that here;
-    // just default to a straight-forward invocation for now:
-    let mut cmd = Command::new("rustdoc");
+    // phase_cargo_miri sets the RUSTDOC env var to ourselves, and puts a backup
+    // of the old value into MIRI_ORIG_RUSTDOC. So that's what we have to invoke now.
+    let rustdoc = env::var("MIRI_ORIG_RUSTDOC").unwrap_or("rustdoc".to_string());
+    let mut cmd = Command::new(rustdoc);
 
     let extern_flag = "--extern";
     let runtool_flag = "--runtool";