diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/mod.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/mod.rs
index 1cad827db1e..3cdecc02c4c 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/mod.rs
@@ -1478,6 +1478,12 @@ fn build_base_args(
             .env("RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP", "1");
     }
 
+    if let Some(version) = unit.pkg.manifest().rust_version()
+        && bcx.gctx.cli_unstable().hint_msrv
+    {
+        cmd.arg("-Z").arg(format!("hint-msrv={version}"));
+    }
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/features.rs b/src/cargo/core/features.rs
index af8fbb8b2cf..c35b8ccb71d 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/features.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/features.rs
@@ -885,6 +885,7 @@ unstable_cli_options!(
     git: Option<GitFeatures> = ("Enable support for shallow git fetch operations"),
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_gitoxide_features")]
     gitoxide: Option<GitoxideFeatures> = ("Use gitoxide for the given git interactions, or all of them if no argument is given"),
+    hint_msrv: bool = ("Enable passing `package.rust-version` to rustc for lints"),
     host_config: bool = ("Enable the `[host]` section in the .cargo/config.toml file"),
     json_target_spec: bool = ("Enable `.json` target spec files"),
     min_publish_age: bool = ("Enable the `min-publish-age` configuration for dependency version age filtering"),
@@ -1433,6 +1434,7 @@ impl CliUnstable {
             "host-config" => self.host_config = parse_empty(k, v)?,
             "json-target-spec" => self.json_target_spec = parse_empty(k, v)?,
             "min-publish-age" => self.min_publish_age = parse_empty(k, v)?,
+            "hint-msrv" => self.hint_msrv = parse_empty(k, v)?,
             "next-lockfile-bump" => self.next_lockfile_bump = parse_empty(k, v)?,
             "minimal-versions" => self.minimal_versions = parse_empty(k, v)?,
             "msrv-policy" => self.msrv_policy = parse_empty(k, v)?,
diff --git a/src/doc/src/reference/unstable.md b/src/doc/src/reference/unstable.md
index 62ed4efcfee..06eaf2943f2 100644
--- a/src/doc/src/reference/unstable.md
+++ b/src/doc/src/reference/unstable.md
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ Each new feature described below should explain how to use it.
     * [compile-time-deps](#compile-time-deps) --- Perma-unstable feature for rust-analyzer
     * [fine-grain-locking](#fine-grain-locking) --- Use fine grain locking instead of locking the entire build cache
     * [json-target-spec](#json-target-spec) --- Allows the use of `.json` custom target specs.
+    * [hint-msrv](#hint-msrv) --- Allows Cargo to set `-Zhint-msrv`
 * rustdoc
     * [rustdoc-map](#rustdoc-map) --- Provides mappings for documentation to link to external sites like [docs.rs](https://docs.rs/).
     * [scrape-examples](#scrape-examples) --- Shows examples within documentation.
@@ -2013,6 +2014,20 @@ cargo +nightly build --target my-target.json -Z json-target-spec
 
 This usually must be combined with [build-std](#build-std).
 
+## hint-msrv
+* Tracking Issue: [rust-lang/rust#157574](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/157574)
+
+The -`Z hint-msrv` CLI flag enables Cargo to pass `package.rust-version` to rustc which can affect which lints are emitted.
+
+You can set this via your global `~/.cargo/config.toml`, and nightly Cargo will
+automatically use it, while stable Cargo will silently ignore the unstable
+option:
+
+```toml
+[unstable]
+hint-msrv = true
+```
+
 ## min-publish-age
 
 * Tracking Issue: [#17009](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/17009)
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/cargo/z_help/stdout.term.svg b/tests/testsuite/cargo/z_help/stdout.term.svg
index c79aee4d39e..c3feb8b2e72 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/cargo/z_help/stdout.term.svg
+++ b/tests/testsuite/cargo/z_help/stdout.term.svg
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<svg width="1255px" height="992px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+<svg width="1255px" height="1010px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
   <style>
     .fg { fill: #AAAAAA }
     .bg { fill: #000000 }
@@ -62,67 +62,69 @@
 </tspan>
     <tspan x="10px" y="424px"><tspan>    -Z gitoxide                    Use gitoxide for the given git interactions, or all of them if no argument is given</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="442px"><tspan>    -Z host-config                 Enable the `[host]` section in the .cargo/config.toml file</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="442px"><tspan>    -Z hint-msrv                   Enable passing `package.rust-version` to rustc for lints</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="460px"><tspan>    -Z json-target-spec            Enable `.json` target spec files</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="460px"><tspan>    -Z host-config                 Enable the `[host]` section in the .cargo/config.toml file</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="478px"><tspan>    -Z min-publish-age             Enable the `min-publish-age` configuration for dependency version age filtering</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="478px"><tspan>    -Z json-target-spec            Enable `.json` target spec files</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="496px"><tspan>    -Z minimal-versions            Resolve minimal dependency versions instead of maximum</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="496px"><tspan>    -Z min-publish-age             Enable the `min-publish-age` configuration for dependency version age filtering</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="514px"><tspan>    -Z msrv-policy                 Enable rust-version aware policy within cargo</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="514px"><tspan>    -Z minimal-versions            Resolve minimal dependency versions instead of maximum</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="532px"><tspan>    -Z mtime-on-use                Configure Cargo to update the mtime of used files</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="532px"><tspan>    -Z msrv-policy                 Enable rust-version aware policy within cargo</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="550px"><tspan>    -Z no-embed-metadata           Avoid embedding metadata in library artifacts</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="550px"><tspan>    -Z mtime-on-use                Configure Cargo to update the mtime of used files</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="568px"><tspan>    -Z no-index-update             Do not update the registry index even if the cache is outdated</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="568px"><tspan>    -Z no-embed-metadata           Avoid embedding metadata in library artifacts</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="586px"><tspan>    -Z panic-abort-tests           Enable support to run tests with -Cpanic=abort</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="586px"><tspan>    -Z no-index-update             Do not update the registry index even if the cache is outdated</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="604px"><tspan>    -Z panic-immediate-abort       Enable setting `panic = "immediate-abort"` in profiles</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="604px"><tspan>    -Z panic-abort-tests           Enable support to run tests with -Cpanic=abort</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="622px"><tspan>    -Z profile-hint-mostly-unused  Enable the `hint-mostly-unused` setting in profiles to mark a crate as mostly unused.</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="622px"><tspan>    -Z panic-immediate-abort       Enable setting `panic = "immediate-abort"` in profiles</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="640px"><tspan>    -Z profile-rustflags           Enable the `rustflags` option in profiles in .cargo/config.toml file</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="640px"><tspan>    -Z profile-hint-mostly-unused  Enable the `hint-mostly-unused` setting in profiles to mark a crate as mostly unused.</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="658px"><tspan>    -Z public-dependency           Respect a dependency's `public` field in Cargo.toml to control public/private dependencies</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="658px"><tspan>    -Z profile-rustflags           Enable the `rustflags` option in profiles in .cargo/config.toml file</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="676px"><tspan>    -Z publish-timeout             Enable the `publish.timeout` key in .cargo/config.toml file</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="676px"><tspan>    -Z public-dependency           Respect a dependency's `public` field in Cargo.toml to control public/private dependencies</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="694px"><tspan>    -Z root-dir                    Set the root directory relative to which paths are printed (defaults to workspace root)</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="694px"><tspan>    -Z publish-timeout             Enable the `publish.timeout` key in .cargo/config.toml file</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="712px"><tspan>    -Z rustc-unicode               Enable `rustc`'s unicode error format in Cargo's error messages</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="712px"><tspan>    -Z root-dir                    Set the root directory relative to which paths are printed (defaults to workspace root)</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="730px"><tspan>    -Z rustdoc-depinfo             Use dep-info files in rustdoc rebuild detection</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="730px"><tspan>    -Z rustc-unicode               Enable `rustc`'s unicode error format in Cargo's error messages</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="748px"><tspan>    -Z rustdoc-map                 Allow passing external documentation mappings to rustdoc</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="748px"><tspan>    -Z rustdoc-depinfo             Use dep-info files in rustdoc rebuild detection</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="766px"><tspan>    -Z rustdoc-mergeable-info      Use rustdoc mergeable cross-crate-info files</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="766px"><tspan>    -Z rustdoc-map                 Allow passing external documentation mappings to rustdoc</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="784px"><tspan>    -Z rustdoc-scrape-examples     Allows Rustdoc to scrape code examples from reverse-dependencies</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="784px"><tspan>    -Z rustdoc-mergeable-info      Use rustdoc mergeable cross-crate-info files</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="802px"><tspan>    -Z sbom                        Enable the `sbom` option in build config in .cargo/config.toml file</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="802px"><tspan>    -Z rustdoc-scrape-examples     Allows Rustdoc to scrape code examples from reverse-dependencies</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="820px"><tspan>    -Z script                      Enable support for single-file, `.rs` packages</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="820px"><tspan>    -Z sbom                        Enable the `sbom` option in build config in .cargo/config.toml file</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="838px"><tspan>    -Z section-timings             Enable support for extended compilation sections in --timings output</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="838px"><tspan>    -Z script                      Enable support for single-file, `.rs` packages</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="856px"><tspan>    -Z target-applies-to-host      Enable the `target-applies-to-host` key in the .cargo/config.toml file</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="856px"><tspan>    -Z section-timings             Enable support for extended compilation sections in --timings output</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="874px"><tspan>    -Z trim-paths                  Enable the `trim-paths` option in profiles</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="874px"><tspan>    -Z target-applies-to-host      Enable the `target-applies-to-host` key in the .cargo/config.toml file</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="892px"><tspan>    -Z unstable-options            Allow the usage of unstable options</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="892px"><tspan>    -Z trim-paths                  Enable the `trim-paths` option in profiles</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="910px">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="910px"><tspan>    -Z unstable-options            Allow the usage of unstable options</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="928px"><tspan>Run with `cargo -Z [FLAG] [COMMAND]`</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="928px">
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="946px">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="946px"><tspan>Run with `cargo -Z [FLAG] [COMMAND]`</tspan>
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="964px"><tspan>See https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/cargo/reference/unstable.html for more information about these flags.</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="964px">
 </tspan>
-    <tspan x="10px" y="982px">
+    <tspan x="10px" y="982px"><tspan>See https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/cargo/reference/unstable.html for more information about these flags.</tspan>
+</tspan>
+    <tspan x="10px" y="1000px">
 </tspan>
   </text>
 
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/hint_msrv.rs b/tests/testsuite/hint_msrv.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8fde9c65027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/hint_msrv.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+//! Tests for `hint-msrv`
+
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use cargo_test_support::{basic_manifest, project, str};
+
+// Test that `hint-msrv` is not available on stable
+#[cargo_test]
+fn hint_msrv_stable() {
+    let p = project().file("src/lib.rs", "").build();
+
+    p.cargo("build -Zhint-msrv").with_status(101).with_stderr_data(str![[r#"
+[ERROR] the `-Z` flag is only accepted on the nightly channel of Cargo, but this is the `stable` channel
+See https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/appendix-07-nightly-rust.html for more information about Rust release channels.
+
+"#]]).run();
+}
+
+fn msrv_manifest(name: &str, version: &str, msrv: &str) -> String {
+    format!(
+        r#"
+        [package]
+        name = "{}"
+        version = "{}"
+        authors = []
+        edition = "2015"
+        rust-version = "{}"
+    "#,
+        name, version, msrv
+    )
+}
+
+// Test that `hint-msrv` passes `package.rust-version`
+#[cargo_test(nightly, reason = "tests nightly flag")]
+fn hint_msrv() {
+    let p = project()
+        .file("src/lib.rs", "")
+        .file("Cargo.toml", &msrv_manifest("foo", "0.0.0", "1.78.0"))
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("build --verbose -Zhint-msrv")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["hint-msrv"])
+        .with_stderr_data(str![[r#"
+[COMPILING] foo v0.0.0 ([ROOT]/foo)
+[RUNNING] `rustc [..]-Z hint-msrv=1.78.0[..]`
+[FINISHED] `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in [ELAPSED]s
+
+"#]])
+        .with_status(0)
+        .run();
+
+    // Test that a missing package.rust-version is not an error, and does not pass a value
+    let p = project()
+        .file("src/lib.rs", "")
+        .file("Cargo.toml", &basic_manifest("foo", "0.0.0"))
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("build --verbose -Zhint-msrv")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["hint-msrv"])
+        .with_stderr_does_not_contain("hint-msrv")
+        .with_status(0)
+        .run();
+}
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/main.rs b/tests/testsuite/main.rs
index cfe0335dc4e..cf0e9d54762 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/main.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/main.rs
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ mod git_shallow;
 mod glob_targets;
 mod global_cache_tracker;
 mod help;
+mod hint_msrv;
 mod hints;
 mod https;
 mod inheritable_workspace_fields;