diff --git a/local/bin/dfm b/local/bin/dfm
index 8e2b9a5..644423c 100755
--- a/local/bin/dfm
+++ b/local/bin/dfm
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ function section_install
   MENU=(
     "all:Installs everything in the correct order"
     "antigen:Updates the antigen.zsh file"
+    "cargo:Install rust/cargo packages"
     "cheat-databases:Install cheat external cheatsheet databases"
     "composer:Install composer"
     "dotenv:Install dotenv-linter"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ function section_install
       $0 install macos
       $0 install antigen
       $0 brew install
+      $0 install cargo
       $0 install composer
       $0 install dotenv
       $0 install fzf
@@ -65,6 +67,10 @@ function section_install
       curl -sSfL git.io/antigen -o "$DOTFILES/local/bin/antigen.zsh" \
         && msg_yay "New antigen installed!"
       ;;
+    cargo)
+      bash "$DOTFILES/scripts/install-cargo-packages.sh" \
+        && msg_yay "cargo packages installed!"
+      ;;
     cheat-databases)
       for database in "$DOTFILES"/scripts/install-cheat-*; do
         bash "$database" \
diff --git a/scripts/install-cargo-packages.sh b/scripts/install-cargo-packages.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..45c8409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install-cargo-packages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Install cargo/rust packages.
+#
+# shellcheck source=shared.sh
+source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
+
+! have cargo && {
+  msg "cargo could not be found. installing cargo with rustup.rs"
+  curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
+}
+
+packages=(
+  # a subprocess caching utility
+  "bkt"
+  # a structural diff that understands syntax
+  "difftastic"
+)
+
+for pkg in "${packages[@]}"; do
+  # Trim spaces
+  pkg=${pkg// /}
+  # Skip comments
+  if [[ ${pkg:0:1} == "#" ]]; then continue; fi
+
+  cargo install $pkg
+
+  echo ""
+done