diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/text.rb b/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/text.rb
index 6f2beaf50e..9ed0887b28 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/text.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/text.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ module RuboCop
             problem "use \"dep\", \"ensure\", \"-vendor-only\""
           end
 
-          find_method_with_args(body_node, :system, "cargo", "build") do
+          find_method_with_args(body_node, :system, "cargo", "build") do |m|
+            next if parameters_passed?(m, /--lib/)
+
             problem "use \"cargo\", \"install\", *std_cargo_args"
           end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/text_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/text_spec.rb
index b8ae63dbd1..26edf5e3dd 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/text_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/text_spec.rb
@@ -205,6 +205,19 @@ describe RuboCop::Cop::FormulaAudit::Text do
       RUBY
     end
 
+    it "doesn't reports an offense if `cargo build` is executed with --lib" do
+      expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+        class Foo < Formula
+          url "https://brew.sh/foo-1.0.tgz"
+          homepage "https://brew.sh"
+
+          def install
+            system "cargo", "build", "--lib"
+          end
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
     it "reports an offense if `make` calls are not separated" do
       expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
         class Foo < Formula