diff --git a/searx/engines/crates.py b/searx/engines/crates.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a87ef42c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/crates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""Cargo search on crates.io"""
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+
+from dateutil import parser
+
+about = {
+    "website": "https://crates.io/",
+    "wikidata_id": None,
+    "official_api_documentation": "https://crates.io/data-access",
+    "use_official_api": True,
+    "require_api_key": False,
+    "results": "JSON",
+}
+
+categories = ["it", "packages", "cargo"]
+
+
+# engine dependent config
+paging = True
+page_size = 10
+search_url = "https://crates.io/api/v1/crates"
+
+linked_terms = OrderedDict(
+    [
+        ("homepage", "Project homepage"),
+        ("documentation", "Documentation"),
+        ("repository", "Source code"),
+    ]
+)
+
+
+def request(query: str, params):
+
+    args = urlencode({"page": params["pageno"], "q": query, "per_page": page_size})
+    params["url"] = f"{search_url}?{args}"
+    return params
+
+
+def response(resp):
+    results = []
+
+    for package in resp.json()["crates"]:
+
+        published_date = package.get("updated_at")
+        published_date = parser.parse(published_date)
+
+        links = {}
+        for k, v in linked_terms.items():
+            l = package.get(k)
+            if l:
+                links[v] = l
+
+        results.append(
+            {
+                "template": "packages.html",
+                "url": f'https://crates.io/crates/{package["name"]}',
+                "title": package["name"],
+                "package_name": package["name"],
+                "tags": package["keywords"],
+                "content": package["description"],
+                "version": package["newest_version"] or package["max_version"] or package["max_stable_version"],
+                "publishedDate": published_date,
+                "links": links,
+            }
+        )
+
+    return results
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index b5f1a2b36..65c4966d4 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -924,6 +924,12 @@ engines:
     shortcut: hex
     disabled: true
 
+  - name: crates.io
+    engine: crates
+    shortcut: crates
+    disabled: true
+    timeout: 6.0
+
   - name: hoogle
     engine: xpath
     search_url: https://hoogle.haskell.org/?hoogle={query}