diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
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+configure:
+	@which cargo > /dev/null || (echo "Please install Rust 1.70 (or newer) toolchain; e.g. with 'apt install cargo', or using rustup" && exit 1)
+
+all: configure
+	cargo build
diff --git a/make.bat b/make.bat
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index 000000000..8ebfb624e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make.bat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cargo build