diff --git a/rust/Makefile b/rust/Makefile
index 41ac8401a8be..aef85e9e8eeb 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile
+++ b/rust/Makefile
@@ -262,6 +262,20 @@ BINDGEN_TARGET		:= $(BINDGEN_TARGET_$(SRCARCH))
 # some configurations, with new GCC versions, etc.
 bindgen_extra_c_flags = -w --target=$(BINDGEN_TARGET)
 
+# Auto variable zero-initialization requires an additional special option with
+# clang that is going to be removed sometime in the future (likely in
+# clang-18), so make sure to pass this option only if clang supports it
+# (libclang major version < 16).
+#
+# https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/44842
+# https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/llvmorg-16.0.0-rc2/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst#deprecated-compiler-flags
+ifdef CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL_ZERO
+libclang_maj_ver=$(shell $(BINDGEN) $(srctree)/scripts/rust_is_available_bindgen_libclang.h 2>&1 | sed -ne 's/.*clang version \([0-9]*\).*/\1/p')
+ifeq ($(shell expr $(libclang_maj_ver) \< 16), 1)
+bindgen_extra_c_flags += -enable-trivial-auto-var-init-zero-knowing-it-will-be-removed-from-clang
+endif
+endif
+
 bindgen_c_flags = $(filter-out $(bindgen_skip_c_flags), $(c_flags)) \
 	$(bindgen_extra_c_flags)
 endif