diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -162,3 +162,6 @@ x509.genkey
 
 # Documentation toolchain
 sphinx_*/
+
+# Rust analyzer configuration
+/rust-project.json
diff --git a/scripts/generate_rust_analyzer.py b/scripts/generate_rust_analyzer.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..75bb611bd751
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+++ b/scripts/generate_rust_analyzer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+"""generate_rust_analyzer - Generates the `rust-project.json` file for `rust-analyzer`.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import logging
+import pathlib
+import sys
+
+def generate_crates(srctree, objtree, sysroot_src):
+    # Generate the configuration list.
+    cfg = []
+    with open(objtree / "include" / "generated" / "rustc_cfg") as fd:
+        for line in fd:
+            line = line.replace("--cfg=", "")
+            line = line.replace("\n", "")
+            cfg.append(line)
+
+    # Now fill the crates list -- dependencies need to come first.
+    #
+    # Avoid O(n^2) iterations by keeping a map of indexes.
+    crates = []
+    crates_indexes = {}
+
+    def append_crate(display_name, root_module, deps, cfg=[], is_workspace_member=True, is_proc_macro=False):
+        crates_indexes[display_name] = len(crates)
+        crates.append({
+            "display_name": display_name,
+            "root_module": str(root_module),
+            "is_workspace_member": is_workspace_member,
+            "is_proc_macro": is_proc_macro,
+            "deps": [{"crate": crates_indexes[dep], "name": dep} for dep in deps],
+            "cfg": cfg,
+            "edition": "2021",
+            "env": {
+                "RUST_MODFILE": "This is only for rust-analyzer"
+            }
+        })
+
+    # First, the ones in `rust/` since they are a bit special.
+    append_crate(
+        "core",
+        sysroot_src / "core" / "src" / "lib.rs",
+        [],
+        is_workspace_member=False,
+    )
+
+    append_crate(
+        "compiler_builtins",
+        srctree / "rust" / "compiler_builtins.rs",
+        [],
+    )
+
+    append_crate(
+        "alloc",
+        srctree / "rust" / "alloc" / "lib.rs",
+        ["core", "compiler_builtins"],
+    )
+
+    append_crate(
+        "macros",
+        srctree / "rust" / "macros" / "lib.rs",
+        [],
+        is_proc_macro=True,
+    )
+    crates[-1]["proc_macro_dylib_path"] = "rust/libmacros.so"
+
+    append_crate(
+        "bindings",
+        srctree / "rust"/ "bindings" / "lib.rs",
+        ["core"],
+        cfg=cfg,
+    )
+    crates[-1]["env"]["OBJTREE"] = str(objtree.resolve(True))
+
+    append_crate(
+        "kernel",
+        srctree / "rust" / "kernel" / "lib.rs",
+        ["core", "alloc", "macros", "bindings"],
+        cfg=cfg,
+    )
+    crates[-1]["source"] = {
+        "include_dirs": [
+            str(srctree / "rust" / "kernel"),
+            str(objtree / "rust")
+        ],
+        "exclude_dirs": [],
+    }
+
+    # Then, the rest outside of `rust/`.
+    #
+    # We explicitly mention the top-level folders we want to cover.
+    for folder in ("samples", "drivers"):
+        for path in (srctree / folder).rglob("*.rs"):
+            logging.info("Checking %s", path)
+            name = path.name.replace(".rs", "")
+
+            # Skip those that are not crate roots.
+            if f"{name}.o" not in open(path.parent / "Makefile").read():
+                continue
+
+            logging.info("Adding %s", name)
+            append_crate(
+                name,
+                path,
+                ["core", "alloc", "kernel"],
+                cfg=cfg,
+            )
+
+    return crates
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--verbose', '-v', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument("srctree", type=pathlib.Path)
+    parser.add_argument("objtree", type=pathlib.Path)
+    parser.add_argument("sysroot_src", type=pathlib.Path)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        format="[%(asctime)s] [%(levelname)s] %(message)s",
+        level=logging.INFO if args.verbose else logging.WARNING
+    )
+
+    rust_project = {
+        "crates": generate_crates(args.srctree, args.objtree, args.sysroot_src),
+        "sysroot_src": str(args.sysroot_src),
+    }
+
+    json.dump(rust_project, sys.stdout, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()