diff --git a/mesonbuild/cargo/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/cargo/interpreter.py
index 2797f9fe074e..3cbc453ef73c 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/cargo/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/cargo/interpreter.py
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ class Library(BuildTarget):
 
     doctest: bool = True
     doc: bool = True
+    path: str = os.path.join('src', 'lib.rs')
     proc_macro: bool = False
     crate_type: T.List[manifest.CRATE_TYPE] = dataclasses.field(default_factory=lambda: ['lib'])
     doc_scrape_examples: bool = True
@@ -606,7 +607,7 @@ def _create_lib(cargo: Manifest, build: builder.Builder, crate_type: manifest.CR
 
     posargs: T.List[mparser.BaseNode] = [
         build.string(fixup_meson_varname(cargo.package.name)),
-        build.string(os.path.join('src', 'lib.rs')),
+        build.string(cargo.lib.path),
     ]
 
     kwargs: T.Dict[str, mparser.BaseNode] = {
@@ -696,7 +697,7 @@ def interpret(subp_name: str, subdir: str, env: Environment) -> T.Tuple[mparser.
 
     # Libs are always auto-discovered and there's no other way to handle them,
     # which is unfortunate for reproducability
-    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(env.source_dir, cargo.subdir, cargo.path, 'src', 'lib.rs')):
+    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(env.source_dir, cargo.subdir, cargo.path, cargo.lib.path)):
         for crate_type in cargo.lib.crate_type:
             ast.extend(_create_lib(cargo, build, crate_type))
 
diff --git a/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-rs/Cargo.toml b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-rs/Cargo.toml
index 796548d63f2a..0f0225d06cc9 100644
--- a/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-rs/Cargo.toml	
+++ b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-rs/Cargo.toml	
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+path = "lib.rs"
 
 # This dependency does not exist, verify optional works.
 [dependencies.notfound]
diff --git a/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-rs/src/lib.rs b/test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-rs/lib.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-rs/src/lib.rs
rename to test cases/rust/22 cargo subproject/subprojects/foo-rs/lib.rs