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new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d017e93e4dba
--- /dev/null
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
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+version = "0.2.2"
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+[[package]]
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+[[package]]
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+dependencies = [
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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+
+[[package]]
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+dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
+[[package]]
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+dependencies = [
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+[[package]]
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+[[package]]
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+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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diff --git a/pkgs/games/ja2-stracciatella/default.nix b/pkgs/games/ja2-stracciatella/default.nix
index 134cb650fd2f..0e5702d46146 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/ja2-stracciatella/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/ja2-stracciatella/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,47 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, SDL }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.15.1";
-  name = "ja2-stracciatella-${version}";
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, SDL2, boost, fltk, rustPlatform }:
+with rustPlatform;
+let
+  version = "0.16.1";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ja2-stracciatella";
     repo = "ja2-stracciatella";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0r7j6k7412b3qfb1rnh80s55zhnriw0v03zn5bp3spcqjxh4xhv1";
+    sha256 = "1pyn23syg70kiyfbs3pdlq0ixd2bxhncbamnic43rym3dmd52m29";
   };
+  lockfile = ./Cargo.lock;
+  libstracciatellaSrc = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "libstracciatella-${version}-src";
+    src = "${src}/rust";
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      cp -R ./* $out/
+      cp ${lockfile} $out/Cargo.lock
+    '';
+  };
+  libstracciatella = buildRustPackage {
+    name = "libstracciatella-${version}";
+    inherit version;
+    src = libstracciatellaSrc;
+    cargoSha256 = "0gxp5ps1lzmrg19h6k31fgxjdnjl6amry2vmb612scxcwklxryhm";
+    doCheck = false;
+  };
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ja2-stracciatella-${version}";
+  inherit src;
+  inherit version;
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake SDL2 fltk boost ];
+
+  patches = [
+    ./remove-rust-buildstep.patch
+  ];
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i -e 's|rust-stracciatella|${libstracciatella}/bin/libstracciatella.so|g' CMakeLists.txt
+    cmakeFlagsArray+=("-DEXTRA_DATA_DIR=$out/share/ja2")
+  '';
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
-  buildInputs = [ SDL ];
   meta = {
     description = "Jagged Alliance 2, with community fixes";
     license = "SFI Source Code license agreement";
diff --git a/pkgs/games/ja2-stracciatella/remove-rust-buildstep.patch b/pkgs/games/ja2-stracciatella/remove-rust-buildstep.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b86589fc6716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/ja2-stracciatella/remove-rust-buildstep.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index f354370e0..c9fa23c6d 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/externalized")
+ add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/game")
+ add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/sgp")
+ add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/slog")
+-add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/rust")
+ add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/dependencies/lib-smacker")
+
+ if(BUILD_LAUNCHER)
+@@ -235,8 +234,6 @@ copy_assets_dir_to_ja2_binary_after_build("externalized")
+ copy_assets_dir_to_ja2_binary_after_build("unittests")
+ copy_assets_dir_to_ja2_binary_after_build("mods")
+
+-get_property(STRACCIATELLA_SHARED_LIB TARGET rust-stracciatella PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION)
+-
+ if (MSVC OR APPLE)
+     add_custom_command(TARGET ${JA2_BINARY} POST_BUILD
+             COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy