diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index bdfe9ff7..bcbda9c4 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -3,4 +3,10 @@
 # semver-compatible versions, some of which require a newer rustc and fail
 # to build.
 [resolver]
-incompatible-rust-versions = "fallback"
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+incompatible-rust-versions = "fallback"
+
+# Required by console-subscriber (used in rog-control-center): its startup
+# check panics unless Tokio was compiled with this cfg. Commit it so every
+# build (including distro builds from the release tarball) gets it by default.
+[build]
+rustflags = ["--cfg", "tokio_unstable"]
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