diff --git a/src/etc/_cargo b/src/etc/_cargo
index a017b51c552..a4c1949ae2a 100644
--- a/src/etc/_cargo
+++ b/src/etc/_cargo
@@ -407,9 +407,15 @@ _cargo_cmds() {
 }
 
 _cargo_target_triple() {
-    local -a targets
-	targets=( ${(f)"$(rustc --print target-list)"} )
-	_describe 'target triple' targets
+    local -a result
+
+    if (( $+commands[rustup] )); then
+        result=( ${(f)"$(rustup target list --installed)"} )
+    else
+        result=( ${(f)"$(rustc --print target-list)"} )
+    fi
+
+    _describe 'target triple' result
 }
 
 #FIXME: Disabled until fixed
diff --git a/src/etc/cargo.bashcomp.sh b/src/etc/cargo.bashcomp.sh
index 33f225ebf39..7c2ccfa3ad3 100644
--- a/src/etc/cargo.bashcomp.sh
+++ b/src/etc/cargo.bashcomp.sh
@@ -250,15 +250,11 @@ _get_examples(){
 }
 
 _get_targets(){
-	local result=()
-	local targets=$(rustup target list)
-	while read line
-	do
-		if [[ "$line" =~ default|installed ]]; then
-			result+=("${line%% *}")
-		fi
-	done <<< "$targets"
-	echo "${result[@]}"
+	if command -v rustup >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
+	  rustup target list --installed
+	else
+	  rustc --print target-list
+	fi
 }
 
 _toolchains(){