diff --git a/doc/rust.txt b/doc/rust.txt
index 5621e37c..d7f9c4f2 100644
--- a/doc/rust.txt
+++ b/doc/rust.txt
@@ -133,6 +133,31 @@ g:rust_shortener_url~
 	    let g:rust_shortener_url = 'https://is.gd/'
 <
 
+							*g:rustc_syntax_only*
+g:rustc_syntax_only~
+	Set this option to control the syntastic linter.
+	You can choose between a simple syntax parser or a fuller compilation.
+
+	The syntax parser is very fast, but won't catch any compilation
+	errors. This is the default.
+	We recommend you enable syntastic's active mode with this setting
+	(that's the default too).  >
+	let g:rustc_syntax_only = 1
+<
+	
+	The fuller compilation performs a compilation of the entire project.
+	This makes it really slow on large projects.
+	If VIM becomes unusable, set syntastic passive mode for Rust. This
+	will make it so that the lint will only run on |:SyntasticCheck| (see
+	|syntastic_mode_map|).
+>
+	let g:rustc_syntax_only = 0
+	" Syntastic passive mode
+	let g:syntastic_mode_map = {
+		\ "mode": "active",
+		\ "active_filetypes": [],
+		\ "passive_filetypes": ["rust"] }
+<
 
 ==============================================================================
 COMMANDS                                                       *rust-commands*
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/rust/rustc.vim b/syntax_checkers/rust/rustc.vim
index 5d196086..d7ade5ab 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/rust/rustc.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/rust/rustc.vim
@@ -10,11 +10,29 @@ if exists("g:loaded_syntastic_rust_rustc_checker")
 endif
 let g:loaded_syntastic_rust_rustc_checker = 1
 
+if !exists('g:rustc_syntax_only')
+    let g:rustc_syntax_only = 1 "Keep the fast behaviour by default
+endif
+
 let s:save_cpo = &cpo
 set cpo&vim
 
 function! SyntaxCheckers_rust_rustc_GetLocList() dict
-    let makeprg = self.makeprgBuild({ 'args': '-Zparse-only' })
+    let compiler_params = g:rustc_syntax_only ? '-Zparse-only' : '-Zno-trans'
+    let cwd = '.' " Don't change cwd as default
+    let cargo_toml_path = findfile('Cargo.toml', '.;')
+    if empty(cargo_toml_path) " Plain rs file, not a crate
+        let makeprg = self.makeprgBuild({
+            \ 'exe': 'rustc',
+            \ 'args': compiler_params})
+    else " We are inside a crate
+        let makeprg = self.makeprgBuild({
+            \ 'exe': 'cargo',
+            \ 'args': 'rustc ' . compiler_params,
+            \ 'fname': '' })
+        " Change cwd to the root of the crate
+        let cwd = fnamemodify( cargo_toml_path, ':p:h')
+    endif
 
     let errorformat  =
         \ '%E%f:%l:%c: %\d%#:%\d%# %.%\{-}error:%.%\{-} %m,'   .
@@ -24,12 +42,13 @@ function! SyntaxCheckers_rust_rustc_GetLocList() dict
 
     return SyntasticMake({
         \ 'makeprg': makeprg,
-        \ 'errorformat': errorformat })
+        \ 'errorformat': errorformat,
+        \ 'cwd': cwd })
 endfunction
 
 call g:SyntasticRegistry.CreateAndRegisterChecker({
     \ 'filetype': 'rust',
-    \ 'name': 'rustc'})
+    \ 'name': 'rustc' })
 
 let &cpo = s:save_cpo
 unlet s:save_cpo