diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/default.nix
index 61346f1b4e21..38d6cb0b6e73 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, callPackage }:
 
 callPackage ./generic.nix {
-  shortVersion = "1.7.0";
+  shortVersion = "1.8.0";
   isRelease = true;
   forceBundledLLVM = false;
   configureFlags = [ "--release-channel=stable" ];
-  srcSha = "05f4v6sfmvkwsv6a7jp9sxsm84s0gdvqyf2wwdi1ilg9k8nxzgd4";
+  srcSha = "1s03aymmhhrndq29sv9cs8s4p1sg8qvq8ds6lyp6s4ny8nyvdpzy";
 
   /* Rust is bootstrapped from an earlier built version. We need
   to fetch these earlier versions, which vary per platform.
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ callPackage ./generic.nix {
   for the tagged release and not a snapshot in the current HEAD.
   */
 
-  snapshotHashLinux686 = "a09c4a4036151d0cb28e265101669731600e01f2";
-  snapshotHashLinux64 = "97e2a5eb8904962df8596e95d6e5d9b574d73bf4";
-  snapshotHashDarwin686 = "ca52d2d3ba6497ed007705ee3401cf7efc136ca1";
-  snapshotHashDarwin64 = "3c44ffa18f89567c2b81f8d695e711c86d81ffc7";
-  snapshotDate = "2015-12-18";
-  snapshotRev = "3391630";
+  snapshotHashLinux686 = "5f194aa7628c0703f0fd48adc4ec7f3cc64b98c7";
+  snapshotHashLinux64 = "d29b7607d13d64078b6324aec82926fb493f59ba";
+  snapshotHashDarwin686 = "4c8e42dd649e247f3576bf9dfa273327b4907f9c";
+  snapshotHashDarwin64 = "411a41363f922d1d93fa62ff2fedf5c35e9cccb2";
+  snapshotDate = "2016-02-17";
+  snapshotRev = "4d3eebf";
 
   patches = [ ./patches/remove-uneeded-git.patch ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.needsPax ./patches/grsec.patch;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/generic.nix
index 3f640076947b..976c1b932b5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/generic.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ let version = if isRelease then
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       homepage = http://www.rust-lang.org/;
       description = "A safe, concurrent, practical language";
-      maintainers = with maintainers; [ madjar cstrahan wizeman globin havvy wkennington ];
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ madjar cstrahan wizeman globin havvy wkennington retrry ];
       license = [ licenses.mit licenses.asl20 ];
       platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
     };
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ with stdenv.lib; stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ]
     ++ optional (!forceBundledLLVM) llvmShared;
 
-  enableParallelBuilding = false; # missing files during linking, occasionally
+  # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/30181
+  # enableParallelBuilding = false; # missing files during linking, occasionally
 
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
   setOutputFlags = false;