diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/build.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/build.sh
index 64441d2aef..ec9d7e2483 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/build.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/build.sh
@@ -20,15 +20,18 @@ container_image="kata-virtiofsd-builder"
 kata_version="${kata_version:-}"
 virtiofsd_repo="${virtiofsd_repo:-}"
 virtiofsd_version="${virtiofsd_version:-}"
+virtiofsd_toolchain="${virtiofsd_toolchain:-}"
 virtiofsd_zip="${virtiofsd_zip:-}"
 package_output_dir="${package_output_dir:-}"
 
 [ -n "${virtiofsd_repo}" ] || virtiofsd_repo=$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.virtiofsd.url")
 [ -n "${virtiofsd_version}" ] || virtiofsd_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.virtiofsd.version")
+[ -n "${virtiofsd_toolchain}" ] || virtiofsd_toolchain=$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.virtiofsd.toolchain")
 [ -n "${virtiofsd_zip}" ] || virtiofsd_zip=$(get_from_kata_deps "externals.virtiofsd.meta.binary")
 
 [ -n "${virtiofsd_repo}" ] || die "Failed to get virtiofsd repo"
 [ -n "${virtiofsd_version}" ] || die "Failed to get virtiofsd version or commit"
+[ -n "${virtiofsd_toolchain}" ] || die "Failed to get the rust toolchain to build virtiofsd"
 [ -n "${virtiofsd_zip}" ] || die "Failed to get virtiofsd binary URL"
 
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ case ${ARCH} in
 esac
 
 sudo docker build \
+	--build-arg RUST_TOOLCHAIN="${virtiofsd_toolchain}" \
 	-t "${container_image}" "${script_dir}/${libc}"
 
 sudo docker run --rm -i -v "${repo_root_dir}:${repo_root_dir}" \
diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/gnu/Dockerfile b/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/gnu/Dockerfile
index c214dfc415..c10b8db492 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/gnu/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/gnu/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 FROM ubuntu:20.04
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ARG RUST_TOOLCHAIN
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
@@ -16,4 +17,4 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         libseccomp-dev \
         unzip && \
     apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/lists/ && \
-    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
+    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain ${RUST_TOOLCHAIN}
diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/musl/Dockerfile b/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/musl/Dockerfile
index 9b9bb93b90..1236010e08 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/musl/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/virtiofsd/musl/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 FROM alpine:3.16.2
+ARG RUST_TOOLCHAIN
 
 SHELL ["/bin/ash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 RUN apk --no-cache add \
@@ -13,4 +14,4 @@ RUN apk --no-cache add \
         libcap-ng-static \
         libseccomp-static \
         musl-dev && \
-    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
+    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain ${RUST_TOOLCHAIN}
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index ad71900e0a..01b33367f8 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ externals:
     description: "vhost-user virtio-fs device backend written in Rust"
     url: "https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd"
     version: "v1.3.0"
+    toolchain: "1.62.0"
     meta:
       # From https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd/-/releases/v1.3.0,
       # this is the link labelled virtiofsd-v1.3.0.zip