diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-cryptography/template b/srcpkgs/python3-cryptography/template
index 495f4a69c95..40c226de9f8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-cryptography/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-cryptography/template
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-cryptography'
 pkgname=python3-cryptography
-version=3.4.8
-revision=2
+version=36.0.0
+revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname#python3-}-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools-rust python3-cffi"
+build_helper="rust"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools-rust python3-cffi cargo"
 makedepends="python3-devel openssl-devel"
 depends="python3-cffi"
 checkdepends="python3-pytest-subtests python3-pytz python3-iso8601
@@ -15,20 +16,15 @@ license="BSD-3-Clause, Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/pyca/cryptography"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pyca/cryptography/master/CHANGELOG.rst"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/c/cryptography/cryptography-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=94cc5ed4ceaefcbe5bf38c8fba6a21fc1d365bb8fb826ea1688e3370b2e24a1c
+checksum=52f769ecb4ef39865719aedc67b4b7eae167bafa48dbc2a26dd36fa56460507f
 
-# The rust extension is a no-op designed to test build systems and,
-# for the moment, does not work properly with Python 3.10 on cross.
-# Hoepfully upstream tooling will make accommodating Python 3.10 trivial by the
-# time the rust extension actually does something.
-#
-# See, e.g., commit 58bc3876d33bfa5e37a21b5a4b27f016af387a76 to see how the
-# rust extension was built with Python 3.9.
-export CRYPTOGRAPHY_DONT_BUILD_RUST=1
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" rust-std"
+	export PYO3_CROSS_LIB_DIR="${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib"
+	export PYO3_CROSS_INCLUDE_DIR="${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include"
+fi
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 	vlicense LICENSE.BSD
-
-	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}/${py3_sitelib}/cryptography/hazmat/bindings/*.so
 }