diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 9290e2b2bf924d7e37337b1acda04d46defe5647..f116b77827ac6e13ab915ac5f190ca8832b01a17 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -1024,9 +1024,10 @@ fi
 
 cargoInstall cargo-config 0.1.1
 cargoInstall just 1.16.0
+cargoInstall cbindgen 0.26.0
 
 if [ "$dependenciesonly" = false ]; then
 	boot
 fi
 
-echo "Redox bootstrap complete!"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Redox bootstrap complete!"
diff --git a/mk/depends.mk b/mk/depends.mk
index a8b549281e92a50139094655430654c88648a7c1..0be4c77baaadfe40904fe4aa842d2645bbebfd30 100644
--- a/mk/depends.mk
+++ b/mk/depends.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ ifeq ($(shell which rustup),)
 $(error rustup not found, install from "https://rustup.rs/")
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(shell which cbindgen),)
+$(error cbindgen not found, install from crates.io or from your package manager)
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(shell which nasm),)
 $(error nasm not found, install from your package manager)
 endif