diff --git a/spec/mstrap/configuration_spec.cr b/spec/mstrap/configuration_spec.cr
index 58b2f09..e9aef11 100644
--- a/spec/mstrap/configuration_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/mstrap/configuration_spec.cr
@@ -317,12 +317,12 @@ Spectator.describe MStrap::Configuration do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#runtime_manager" do
+  describe "#default_runtime_manager" do
     context "for v1.0 configs" do
       subject { MStrap::Configuration.new(config_def_v1_0) }
 
       it "defaults to asdf" do
-        expect(subject.runtime_manager).to be_a(MStrap::RuntimeManagers::ASDF)
+        expect(subject.default_runtime_manager).to be_a(MStrap::RuntimeManagers::ASDF)
       end
     end
 
@@ -350,7 +350,120 @@ Spectator.describe MStrap::Configuration do
       subject { MStrap::Configuration.new(config_def_v1_1) }
 
       it "can be set through runtimes.default_manager" do
-        expect(subject.runtime_manager).to be_a(MStrap::RuntimeManagers::Mise)
+        expect(subject.default_runtime_manager).to be_a(MStrap::RuntimeManagers::Mise)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#runtime_managers" do
+    context "for v1.0 configs" do
+      subject { MStrap::Configuration.new(config_def_v1_0) }
+
+      it "defaults to [asdf]" do
+        expect(subject.runtime_managers).to eq([MStrap::RuntimeManager.for("asdf")])
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "for v1.1 configs" do
+      let(config_def_v1_1) do
+        MStrap::Defs::ConfigDef.from_hcl(<<-HCL)
+          version = "1.1"
+
+          runtimes {
+            default_manager = "mise"
+
+            runtime "rust" {
+              manager = "rustup"
+            }
+          }
+
+          user {
+            name = "Reginald Testington"
+            email = "reginald@testington.biz"
+          }
+
+          profile "personal" {
+            url = "ssh://git@gitprovider.biz/reggiemctest/mstrap-personal.git"
+          }
+
+        HCL
+      end
+
+      subject { MStrap::Configuration.new(config_def_v1_1) }
+
+      it "it derived through runtimes.default_manager and runtimes.runtime[*].manager" do
+        expect(subject.runtime_managers).to eq([
+          MStrap::RuntimeManager.for("mise"),
+          MStrap::RuntimeManager.for("rustup"),
+        ])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#runtimes" do
+    context "for v1.0 configs" do
+      subject { MStrap::Configuration.new(config_def_v1_0) }
+
+      it "defaults all to ASDF-provided runtimes" do
+        %w(crystal go node php python ruby rust).each do |language_name|
+          expect(subject.runtimes[language_name].runtime_manager).to be_a(MStrap::RuntimeManagers::ASDF)
+        end
+      end
+
+      it "returns the expected language runtimes" do
+        expect(subject.runtimes["crystal"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Crystal)
+        expect(subject.runtimes["go"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Go)
+        expect(subject.runtimes["node"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Node)
+        expect(subject.runtimes["php"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Php)
+        expect(subject.runtimes["python"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Python)
+        expect(subject.runtimes["ruby"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Ruby)
+        expect(subject.runtimes["rust"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Rust)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "for v1.1 configs" do
+      let(config_def_v1_1) do
+        MStrap::Defs::ConfigDef.from_hcl(<<-HCL)
+          version = "1.1"
+
+          runtimes {
+            default_manager = "mise"
+
+            runtime "rust" {
+              manager = "rustup"
+            }
+          }
+
+          user {
+            name = "Reginald Testington"
+            email = "reginald@testington.biz"
+          }
+
+          profile "personal" {
+            url = "ssh://git@gitprovider.biz/reggiemctest/mstrap-personal.git"
+          }
+
+        HCL
+      end
+
+      subject { MStrap::Configuration.new(config_def_v1_1) }
+
+      it "allows overriding language manager for specific languages" do
+        %w(crystal go node php python ruby).each do |language_name|
+          expect(subject.runtimes[language_name].runtime_manager).to be_a(MStrap::RuntimeManagers::Mise)
+        end
+
+        expect(subject.runtimes["rust"].runtime_manager).to be_a(MStrap::RuntimeManagers::Rustup)
+      end
+
+      it "returns the expected language runtimes" do
+        expect(subject.runtimes["crystal"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Crystal)
+        expect(subject.runtimes["go"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Go)
+        expect(subject.runtimes["node"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Node)
+        expect(subject.runtimes["php"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Php)
+        expect(subject.runtimes["python"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Python)
+        expect(subject.runtimes["ruby"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Ruby)
+        expect(subject.runtimes["rust"]).to be_a(MStrap::Runtimes::Rust)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/src/mstrap/runtime_managers/rustup.cr b/src/mstrap/runtime_managers/rustup.cr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f818c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mstrap/runtime_managers/rustup.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+module MStrap
+  module RuntimeManagers
+    class Rustup < RuntimeManager
+      def current_version(language_name : String) : String?
+        current_toolchain = `rustup show active-toolchain`.chomp
+        extract_rust_version_from_toolchain(current_toolchain)
+      end
+
+      # Execute a command using a specific language runtime version
+      def runtime_exec(language_name : String, command : String, args : Array(String)? = nil, runtime_version : String? = nil)
+        exec_args = [] of String
+        exec_args << runtime_version if runtime_version
+
+        cmd_args = ["run"] + exec_args + ["--", command]
+        cmd_args += args if args
+
+        if command && (!args || args.empty?)
+          cmd "rustup #{cmd_args.join(' ')}", quiet: true
+        else
+          cmd "rustup", cmd_args, quiet: true
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Returns whether the mise plugin has been installed for a language runtime
+      # or not
+      def has_plugin?(language_name : String) : Bool
+        language_name == "rust"
+      end
+
+      def install_plugin(language_name : String) : Bool
+        language_name == "rust"
+      end
+
+      def install_version(language_name : String, version : String) : Bool
+        cmd("rustup toolchain install #{version}", quiet: true)
+      end
+
+      # Returns a list of the versions of the language runtime installed
+      # by mise.
+      def installed_versions(language_name : String) : Array(String)
+        rust_versions_list = `rustup toolchain list`.chomp.split("\n").map do |version|
+          extract_rust_version_from_toolchain(version)
+        end
+
+        rust_versions_list
+      end
+
+      # Rustup doesn't support querying this, but "stable" is _probably_ safe
+      def latest_version(language_name : String) : String
+        "stable"
+      end
+
+      # Rust is the only language managed by rustup, so this is always "rust"!
+      def plugin_name(language_name : String) : String?
+        "rust"
+      end
+
+      def set_version(language_name : String, version : String?) : Bool
+        cmd "rustup override set #{version}", quiet: true
+      end
+
+      def set_global_version(language_name, version : String) : Bool
+        cmd "rustup default #{version}", quiet: true
+      end
+
+      def shell_activation(shell_name : String) : String
+        <<-SHELL
+        # Activate rustup for Rust compiler version management
+        export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
+        SHELL
+      end
+
+      def supported_languages : Array(String)
+        %w(rust)
+      end
+
+      private def extract_rust_version_from_toolchain(rustup_toolchain : String)
+        version, _, _ = rustup_toolchain.partition('-')
+        version
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/src/mstrap/steps/dependencies_step.cr b/src/mstrap/steps/dependencies_step.cr
index 47def93..47de22d 100644
--- a/src/mstrap/steps/dependencies_step.cr
+++ b/src/mstrap/steps/dependencies_step.cr
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ module MStrap
       end
 
       def bootstrap
-        install_mise if config.default_runtime_manager.name == "mise"
+        install_mise if runtime_managers.any? { |rm| rm.name == "mise" }
+        install_rustup if runtime_managers.any? { |rm| rm.name == "rustup" }
         set_strap_env!
         strap_sh
         load_profile!
@@ -68,6 +69,20 @@ module MStrap
         end
       end
 
+      def install_rustup
+        rustup_installer = RustupInstaller.new
+
+        log "==> Checking for rustup: "
+        if rustup_installer.installed? && !options.force?
+          success "OK"
+        else
+          logn "Not installed".colorize(:yellow)
+          log "--> Installing rustup for language runtime version management: "
+          rustup_installer.install!
+          success "OK"
+        end
+      end
+
       private def load_profile!
         log "--> Reloading profile: "
         config.reload!
diff --git a/src/mstrap/supports/ca_cert_installer.cr b/src/mstrap/supports/ca_cert_installer.cr
index e56981b..2dc44b6 100644
--- a/src/mstrap/supports/ca_cert_installer.cr
+++ b/src/mstrap/supports/ca_cert_installer.cr
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module MStrap
       FileUtils.mkdir_p(Paths::RC_DIR, 0o755)
       Dir.cd(Paths::RC_DIR) do
         unless cmd("curl -L --silent --remote-name --time-cond cacert.pem https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem")
-          logc "There was an error fetching the cURL CA Cert bundle, which is needed to verify HTTPS certificates. mstrap cannot continue."
+          logc "There was an error fetching the cURL CA Cert bundle, which is needed to verify HTTPS certificates. mstrap cannot continue. Please ensure that `curl` is installed."
         end
         File.chmod(Paths::CA_CERT_BUNDLE, 0o600)
       end
diff --git a/src/mstrap/supports/rustup_installer.cr b/src/mstrap/supports/rustup_installer.cr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..478d365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mstrap/supports/rustup_installer.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+module MStrap
+  # Manages the install of rustup for managing Rust
+  #
+  # NOTE: See `MStrap::RuntimeManagers::Rustup` for how rustup is integrated
+  class RustupInstaller
+    include DSL
+
+    # :nodoc:
+    RUSTUP_INIT_SH_PATH = File.join(MStrap::Paths::RC_DIR, "vendor", "rustup-init.sh")
+
+    # :nodoc:
+    RUSTUP_INIT_SH_URL = "https://sh.rustup.rs"
+
+    # :nodoc:
+    RUSTUP_BIN_DIR_PATH = File.join(ENV["HOME"], ".cargo", "bin")
+
+    def install!
+      fetch_installer!
+
+      install_args = [RUSTUP_INIT_SH_PATH, "--no-modify-path"]
+
+      if MStrap.debug?
+        install_args << "--verbose"
+      else
+        install_args << "--quiet"
+        install_args << "-y"
+      end
+
+      unless cmd "sh", install_args
+        logc "Failed to install rustup"
+      end
+
+      # "Activate" it
+      path = ENV["PATH"]
+      ENV["PATH"] = "#{RUSTUP_BIN_DIR_PATH}:#{path}"
+    end
+
+    def installed?
+      `command -v rustup` && $?.success?
+    end
+
+    private def fetch_installer!
+      HTTP::Client.get(RUSTUP_INIT_SH_URL, tls: MStrap.tls_client) do |response|
+        File.write(RUSTUP_INIT_SH_PATH, response.body_io.gets_to_end)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end