diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7a9a523467b..5726135b324 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -120,11 +120,13 @@ if have_rust
 endif
 
 if have_rust
-  rustc_args = find_program('scripts/rust/rustc_args.py')
+  rustc_args = [find_program('scripts/rust/rustc_args.py'),
+    '--workspace', meson.project_source_root() / 'rust']
   rustfmt = find_program('rustfmt', required: false)
 
-  # Prohibit code that is forbidden in Rust 2024
-  rustc_lint_args = ['-D', 'unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn']
+  rustc_lint_args = run_command(rustc_args,
+     '--lints', files('rust/Cargo.toml'),
+     capture: true, check: true).stdout().strip().splitlines()
 
   # Occasionally, we may need to silence warnings and clippy lints that
   # were only introduced in newer Rust compiler versions.  Do not croak
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 0c94d5037da..0230b92a9fa 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,11 @@ members = [
     "qemu-api",
     "hw/char/pl011",
 ]
+
+[workspace.lints.rust]
+unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = [
+    'cfg(MESON)', 'cfg(HAVE_GLIB_WITH_ALIGNED_ALLOC)',
+    'cfg(has_offset_of)'] }
+
+# Prohibit code that is forbidden in Rust 2024
+unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn = "deny"
diff --git a/rust/hw/char/pl011/Cargo.toml b/rust/hw/char/pl011/Cargo.toml
index a373906b9fb..58f3e859f7e 100644
--- a/rust/hw/char/pl011/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/hw/char/pl011/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ bilge = { version = "0.2.0" }
 bilge-impl = { version = "0.2.0" }
 qemu_api = { path = "../../../qemu-api" }
 qemu_api_macros = { path = "../../../qemu-api-macros" }
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/rust/qemu-api-macros/Cargo.toml b/rust/qemu-api-macros/Cargo.toml
index a8f7377106b..5a27b52ee6e 100644
--- a/rust/qemu-api-macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/qemu-api-macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ proc-macro = true
 proc-macro2 = "1"
 quote = "1"
 syn = { version = "2", features = ["extra-traits"] }
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/rust/qemu-api/Cargo.toml b/rust/qemu-api/Cargo.toml
index cc716d75d46..669f288d1cb 100644
--- a/rust/qemu-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/qemu-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,5 @@ version_check = "~0.9"
 default = []
 allocator = []
 
-[lints.rust]
-unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = ['cfg(MESON)', 'cfg(HAVE_GLIB_WITH_ALIGNED_ALLOC)',
-                                                 'cfg(has_offset_of)'] }
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/rust/qemu-api/meson.build b/rust/qemu-api/meson.build
index 4ba5607d66b..8013911a348 100644
--- a/rust/qemu-api/meson.build
+++ b/rust/qemu-api/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if rustc.version().version_compare('>=1.77.0')
 endif
 
 _qemu_api_cfg += run_command(rustc_args,
-  '--config-headers', config_host_h, '--features', '--lints', files('Cargo.toml'),
+  '--config-headers', config_host_h, '--features', files('Cargo.toml'),
   capture: true, check: true).stdout().strip().splitlines()
 
 _qemu_api_rs = static_library(
diff --git a/scripts/rust/rustc_args.py b/scripts/rust/rustc_args.py
index 9b9778a1cac..26733439ed4 100644
--- a/scripts/rust/rustc_args.py
+++ b/scripts/rust/rustc_args.py
@@ -38,12 +38,19 @@
 
 class CargoTOML:
     tomldata: Mapping[Any, Any]
+    workspace_data: Mapping[Any, Any]
     check_cfg: Set[str]
 
-    def __init__(self, path: str):
+    def __init__(self, path: str, workspace: Optional[str]):
         with open(path, 'rb') as f:
             self.tomldata = tomllib.load(f)
 
+        if workspace is not None:
+            with open(workspace, 'rb') as f:
+                self.workspace_data = tomllib.load(f)
+            if "workspace" not in self.workspace_data:
+                self.workspace_data["workspace"] = {}
+
         self.check_cfg = set(self.find_check_cfg())
 
     def find_check_cfg(self) -> Iterable[str]:
@@ -54,10 +61,12 @@ def find_check_cfg(self) -> Iterable[str]:
 
     @property
     def lints(self) -> Mapping[Any, Any]:
-        return self.get_table("lints")
+        return self.get_table("lints", True)
 
-    def get_table(self, key: str) -> Mapping[Any, Any]:
+    def get_table(self, key: str, can_be_workspace: bool = False) -> Mapping[Any, Any]:
         table = self.tomldata.get(key, {})
+        if can_be_workspace and table.get("workspace", False) is True:
+            table = self.workspace_data["workspace"].get(key, {})
 
         return table
 
@@ -136,6 +145,16 @@ def main() -> None:
         action="store",
         dest="cargo_toml",
         help="path to Cargo.toml file",
+        nargs='?',
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--workspace",
+        metavar="DIR",
+        action="store",
+        dest="workspace",
+        help="path to root of the workspace",
+        required=False,
+        default=None,
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--features",
@@ -168,7 +187,11 @@ def main() -> None:
     logging.debug("args: %s", args)
 
     rustc_version = tuple((int(x) for x in args.rustc_version.split('.')[0:2]))
-    cargo_toml = CargoTOML(args.cargo_toml)
+    if args.workspace:
+        workspace_cargo_toml = Path(args.workspace, "Cargo.toml").resolve()
+        cargo_toml = CargoTOML(args.cargo_toml, str(workspace_cargo_toml))
+    else:
+        cargo_toml = CargoTOML(args.cargo_toml, None)
 
     if args.lints:
         for tok in generate_lint_flags(cargo_toml):
