diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 80989914c97d..97e085d613a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ modules.order
 !.gitattributes
 !.gitignore
 !.mailmap
+!.rustfmt.toml
 
 #
 # Generated include files
diff --git a/.rustfmt.toml b/.rustfmt.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3de5cc497465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rustfmt.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+edition = "2021"
+newline_style = "Unix"
+
+# Unstable options that help catching some mistakes in formatting and that we may want to enable
+# when they become stable.
+#
+# They are kept here since they are useful to run from time to time.
+#format_code_in_doc_comments = true
+#reorder_impl_items = true
+#comment_width = 100
+#wrap_comments = true
+#normalize_comments = true