diff --git a/dot_config/private_fish/config.fish.tmpl b/dot_config/private_fish/config.fish.tmpl
index f15d82d549b6dcd20cf5a37ba0c25070a9591a89..c7126fda448bd710f883642edb5c48e6790c12c7 100644
--- a/dot_config/private_fish/config.fish.tmpl
+++ b/dot_config/private_fish/config.fish.tmpl
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ set -gx GOPATH "$XDG_DATA_HOME"/go
 set -gx ZIM_HOME "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"/.zim
 set -gx GHCUP_USE_XDG_DIRS "ishouldjustbeabletoexportthisnotsetit"
 set -gx NODE_PATH "$XDG_DATA_HOME/npm-packages/lib/node_modules"
+set -gx CARGO_HOME "$XDG_DATA_HOME"/cargo
 
 alias wget="wget --hsts-file=\"$XDG_DATA_HOME/wget-hsts\""
 alias svn="svn --config-dir $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/subversion"