diff --git a/rust/Makefile b/rust/Makefile
index b5e0a73b78f3..9f59baacaf77 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile
+++ b/rust/Makefile
@@ -267,9 +267,22 @@ endif
 
 bindgen_c_flags_final = $(bindgen_c_flags_lto) -D__BINDGEN__
 
+# Each `bindgen` release may upgrade the list of Rust target versions. By
+# default, the highest stable release in their list is used. Thus we need to set
+# a `--rust-target` to avoid future `bindgen` releases emitting code that
+# `rustc` may not understand. On top of that, `bindgen` does not support passing
+# an unknown Rust target version.
+#
+# Therefore, the Rust target for `bindgen` can be only as high as the minimum
+# Rust version the kernel supports and only as high as the greatest stable Rust
+# target supported by the minimum `bindgen` version the kernel supports (that
+# is, if we do not test the actual `rustc`/`bindgen` versions running).
+#
+# Starting with `bindgen` 0.71.0, we will be able to set any future Rust version
+# instead, i.e. we will be able to set here our minimum supported Rust version.
 quiet_cmd_bindgen = BINDGEN $@
       cmd_bindgen = \
-	$(BINDGEN) $< $(bindgen_target_flags) \
+	$(BINDGEN) $< $(bindgen_target_flags) --rust-target 1.68 \
 		--use-core --with-derive-default --ctypes-prefix core::ffi --no-layout-tests \
 		--no-debug '.*' --enable-function-attribute-detection \
 		-o $@ -- $(bindgen_c_flags_final) -DMODULE \