diff --git a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.50.0.ebuild b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.50.0.ebuild
index e98848b6f..70f49cda1 100644
--- a/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.50.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/rust/rust-1.50.0.ebuild
@@ -260,6 +260,19 @@ src_configure() {
 	fi
 
 	rust_target="$(rust_abi)"
+	llvm_libunwind="false"
+	if tc-is-clang; then
+		local compiler_rt=$($(tc-getCC) ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -print-libgcc-file-name)
+		if [[ ${compiler_rt} == *libclang_rt* ]]; then
+			if has_version sys-libs/llvm-libunwind; then
+				einfo "Linking with llvm-libunwind"
+				llvm_libunwind=true
+			else
+				einfo "Linking with gcc_s unwinder"
+				llvm_libunwind=false
+			fi
+		fi
+	fi
 
 	cat <<- _EOF_ > "${S}"/config.toml
 		[llvm]
@@ -316,6 +329,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		lld = $(usex system-llvm false $(toml_usex wasm))
 		backtrace-on-ice = true
 		jemalloc = false
+		llvm-libunwind = ${llvm_libunwind}
 		[dist]
 		src-tarball = false
 	_EOF_