diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aba397832ea89..8f0a879a873b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4276,6 +4276,7 @@ name = "qcms"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
+ "version_check",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/gfx/qcms/Cargo.toml b/gfx/qcms/Cargo.toml
index e976054a7b32a..f50d6623a1b4e 100644
--- a/gfx/qcms/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gfx/qcms/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ cmyk = []
 
 [dependencies]
 libc = {version = "0.2", optional = true }
+
+[build-dependencies]
+version_check = "0.9"
diff --git a/gfx/qcms/build.rs b/gfx/qcms/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6810a8828edeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gfx/qcms/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+extern crate version_check as rustc;
+
+fn main() {
+    if rustc::is_min_version("1.78.0").unwrap_or(false) {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=stdsimd_split");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gfx/qcms/src/lib.rs b/gfx/qcms/src/lib.rs
index c311964ee3f49..fc496816a8bfc 100644
--- a/gfx/qcms/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gfx/qcms/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 #![allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
 // These are needed for the neon SIMD code and can be removed once the MSRV supports the
 // instrinsics we use
-#![cfg_attr(feature = "neon", feature(stdsimd))]
+#![cfg_attr(all(stdsimd_split, target_arch = "arm", feature = "neon"), feature(stdarch_arm_neon_intrinsics))]
+#![cfg_attr(all(stdsimd_split, target_arch = "arm", feature = "neon"), feature(stdarch_arm_feature_detection))]
+#![cfg_attr(all(not(stdsimd_split), target_arch = "arm", feature = "neon"), feature(stdsimd))]
 #![cfg_attr(
-    feature = "neon",
+    all(target_arch = "arm", feature = "neon"),
     feature(arm_target_feature, raw_ref_op)
 
 )]