diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f9c93920c..bf65a8816 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ anki.prof
 target
 user.bazelrc
 .dmypy.json
+rust-project.json
diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index f97f95162..d85cc6356 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/pkg:pkg.bzl", "pkg_tar")
+load("@rules_rust//rust:defs.bzl", "rust_analyzer")
 
 config_setting(
     name = "release",
@@ -39,5 +40,10 @@ pkg_tar(
     tags = ["manual"],
 )
 
+rust_analyzer(
+    name = "rust_analyzer",
+    targets = ["//rslib:anki"],
+)
+
 # for version info
 exports_files(["defs.bzl"])
diff --git a/late_deps.bzl b/late_deps.bzl
index 6e517e8e3..50d275af5 100644
--- a/late_deps.bzl
+++ b/late_deps.bzl
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 """Repo setup that can't happen until after defs.bzl:setup_deps() is run."""
 
 load("@py_deps//:requirements.bzl", "pip_install")
+load("@rules_rust//tools/rust_analyzer/raze:crates.bzl", "rules_rust_tools_rust_analyzer_fetch_remote_crates")
 
 def setup_late_deps():
     pip_install()
+    rules_rust_tools_rust_analyzer_fetch_remote_crates()
diff --git a/scripts/vscode-rust b/scripts/vscode-rust
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..72423a132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/vscode-rust
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+bazel run @rules_rust//tools/rust_analyzer:gen_rust_project
+code .
+