diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index df60e4a..a761e13 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "raw/.vim/pack/git-plugins/start/pest.vim"]
 	path = raw/.vim/pack/git-plugins/start/pest.vim
 	url = https://github.com/pest-parser/pest.vim
+[submodule "raw/.vim/pack/git-plugins/start/rust.vim"]
+	path = raw/.vim/pack/git-plugins/start/rust.vim
+	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/rust.vim
diff --git a/raw/.vim/pack/git-plugins/start/rust.vim b/raw/.vim/pack/git-plugins/start/rust.vim
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..9984b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/raw/.vim/pack/git-plugins/start/rust.vim
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9984b9753606fe2c8d7f3d4f9d67c1777a967cd6
diff --git a/templates/.vimrc b/templates/.vimrc
index 4bcada3..28de79b 100644
--- a/templates/.vimrc
+++ b/templates/.vimrc
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ set softtabstop=4
 set shiftwidth=4
 set expandtab
 
+let g:rustfmt_autosave = 1 " format .rs on save
+
 " custom file types
 filetype plugin indent on
 autocmd FileType yaml,yml setlocal tabstop=2 softtabstop=2 shiftwidth=2