diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
index 4af97b2f466d3..1a1125a107fe1 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
@@ -954,6 +954,13 @@ def build_bootstrap_cmd(self, env):
         if deny_warnings:
             env["RUSTFLAGS"] += " -Dwarnings"
 
+        # Add RUSTFLAGS_BOOTSTRAP to RUSTFLAGS for bootstrap compilation.
+        # Note that RUSTFLAGS_BOOTSTRAP should always be added to the end of
+        # RUSTFLAGS to be actually effective (e.g., if we have `-Dwarnings` in
+        # RUSTFLAGS, passing `-Awarnings` from RUSTFLAGS_BOOTSTRAP should override it).
+        if "RUSTFLAGS_BOOTSTRAP" in env:
+            env["RUSTFLAGS"] += " " + env["RUSTFLAGS_BOOTSTRAP"]
+
         env["PATH"] = os.path.join(self.bin_root(), "bin") + \
             os.pathsep + env["PATH"]
         if not os.path.isfile(self.cargo()):