diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e162aad8860..13b381ee76e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4863,6 +4863,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parity-wasm",
  "pathdiff",
  "regex",
+ "rustc_version",
  "thiserror",
  "toml 0.8.12",
  "wabt",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6e6a14e059f..b2af524a9b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -454,11 +454,12 @@ libfuzzer-sys = "0.4"                                                     # util
 page_size = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }                 # pallets/gear
 pathdiff = { version = "0.2.1", default-features = false }                # utils/wasm-builder
 rand_pcg = "0.3.1"                                                        # pallets/gear
+rustc_version = "0.4.0"                                                   # utils/wasm-builder
 schnorrkel = "0.9.1"                                                      # gcli
 scopeguard = { version = "1.2.0", default-features = false }              # pallets/gear
 tabled = "0.10.0"                                                         # utils/regression-analysis
 thousands = "0.2.0"                                                       # utils/regression-analysis
-toml = "0.8.12"                                                            # utils/wasm-builder
+toml = "0.8.12"                                                           # utils/wasm-builder
 tracing = "0.1.40"                                                        # utils/node-loader
 tracing-appender = "0.2"                                                  # utils/node-loader
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"                                             # utils/node-loader
diff --git a/utils/wasm-builder/Cargo.toml b/utils/wasm-builder/Cargo.toml
index bcb1a8040eb..efd1bae6178 100644
--- a/utils/wasm-builder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/utils/wasm-builder/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ gear-wasm-instrument.workspace = true
 wasm-opt = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 wasmparser.workspace = true
 regex.workspace = true
+rustc_version.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 wabt.workspace = true
diff --git a/utils/wasm-builder/src/crate_info.rs b/utils/wasm-builder/src/crate_info.rs
index 55d78139df6..bc4a0acffa0 100644
--- a/utils/wasm-builder/src/crate_info.rs
+++ b/utils/wasm-builder/src/crate_info.rs
@@ -86,11 +86,21 @@ impl CrateInfo {
         //
         // see also https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/linkage.html
         let validated_lib = |ty: &String| ty == "lib" || ty == "rlib";
+        let pkg_snake_case_name = pkg.name.replace('-', "_");
+
+        // Check for rustc version. See https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/12783
+        let compatible = rustc_version::version()?.lt(&rustc_version::Version::parse("1.79.0")?);
+
         let _ = pkg
             .targets
             .iter()
             .find(|target| {
-                target.name.eq(&pkg.name) && target.crate_types.iter().any(validated_lib)
+                if compatible {
+                    target.name.eq(&pkg.name) && target.crate_types.iter().any(validated_lib)
+                } else {
+                    target.name.eq(&pkg_snake_case_name)
+                        && target.crate_types.iter().any(validated_lib)
+                }
             })
             .ok_or(BuilderError::CrateTypeInvalid)?;