diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f3d22706..a4c6fa1f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -228,12 +228,13 @@ libclamav/c++/llvm/tools/llvmc/plugins/Base/Base.td
 debug/
 target/
 
-# Generated by libclamav_rust/build.rs in IDEs
-libclamav_rust/clamav_rust.h
-
 # Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
 # More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
 Cargo.lock
 
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
+
+# The name of our generated ClamAV-Rust bindings file.
+libclamav_rust/src/sys.rs
+
diff --git a/libclamav/others.h b/libclamav/others.h
index bbdcc8349..76f9be212 100644
--- a/libclamav/others.h
+++ b/libclamav/others.h
@@ -856,6 +856,12 @@ inline void cli_dbgmsg(const char *str, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)
 inline void cli_dbgmsg(const char *str, ...);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+void cli_dbgmsg_no_inline(const char *str, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
+#else
+void cli_dbgmsg_no_inline(const char *str, ...);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_CLI_GETPAGESIZE
 #undef HAVE_CLI_GETPAGESIZE
 #endif
diff --git a/libclamav/others_common.c b/libclamav/others_common.c
index 241e0aa48..3cf42836f 100644
--- a/libclamav/others_common.c
+++ b/libclamav/others_common.c
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ inline void cli_dbgmsg(const char *str, ...)
     }
 }
 
+void cli_dbgmsg_no_inline(const char *str, ...)
+{
+    if (UNLIKELY(cli_get_debug_flag())) {
+        MSGCODE(buff, len, "LibClamAV debug: ");
+        fputs(buff, stderr);
+    }
+}
+
 int cli_matchregex(const char *str, const char *regex)
 {
     regex_t reg;
diff --git a/libclamav_rust/Cargo.toml b/libclamav_rust/Cargo.toml
index e46eb1bef..fdd5ac4d2 100644
--- a/libclamav_rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libclamav_rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ name = "clamav_rust"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cbindgen = "0.20"
+bindgen = "0.59"
diff --git a/libclamav_rust/build.rs b/libclamav_rust/build.rs
index 710ed00ac..eb30454eb 100644
--- a/libclamav_rust/build.rs
+++ b/libclamav_rust/build.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use std::env;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
+use bindgen::builder;
+
 // Note to maintainers: this is currently a hybrid of examination of the
 // CMake environment, and leaning on Rust `cfg` elements. Ideally, it
 // should be possible to work in this space (e.g., execute tests from an
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 // A list of environment variables to query to determine additional libraries
 // that need to be linked to resolve dependencies.
-const LIB_ENV_LINK: [&str; 12] = [
+const LIB_ENV_LINK: &[&str] = &[
     "LIBSSL",
     "LIBCRYPTO",
     "LIBZ",
@@ -30,13 +32,47 @@ const LIB_ENV_LINK: [&str; 12] = [
 ];
 
 // The same, but additional values to check on Windows platforms
-const LIB_ENV_LINK_WINDOWS: [&str; 2] = ["LIBPTHREADW32", "LIBWIN32COMPAT"];
+const LIB_ENV_LINK_WINDOWS: &[&str] = &["LIBPTHREADW32", "LIBWIN32COMPAT"];
 
 // Additional [verbatim] libraries to link on Windows platforms
-const LIB_LINK_WINDOWS: [&str; 4] = ["wsock32", "ws2_32", "Shell32", "User32"];
+const LIB_LINK_WINDOWS: &[&str] = &["wsock32", "ws2_32", "Shell32", "User32"];
 
 // Windows library names that must have the leading `lib` trimmed (if encountered)
-const WINDOWS_TRIM_LOCAL_LIB: [&str; 2] = ["libclamav", "libclammspack"];
+const WINDOWS_TRIM_LOCAL_LIB: &[&str] = &["libclamav", "libclammspack"];
+
+// Generate bindings for these functions:
+const BINDGEN_FUNCTIONS: &[&str] = &[
+    "cli_ctx",
+    "cli_warnmsg",
+    "cli_dbgmsg_no_inline",
+    "cli_infomsg_simple",
+    "cli_errmsg",
+    "cli_append_virus",
+    "cli_versig2",
+    "cli_getdsig",
+    "cli_get_debug_flag",
+];
+
+// Generate bindings for these types (structs, enums):
+const BINDGEN_TYPES: &[&str] = &["cli_matcher", "cli_ac_data", "cli_ac_result"];
+
+// Find the required functions and types in these headers:
+const BINDGEN_HEADERS: &[&str] = &[
+    "../libclamav/matcher.h",
+    "../libclamav/matcher-ac.h",
+    "../libclamav/others.h",
+    "../libclamav/dsig.h",
+];
+
+// Find the required headers in these directories:
+const BINDGEN_INCLUDE_PATHS: &[&str] = &[
+    "-I../libclamav",
+    "-I../libclamunrar_iface",
+    "-I../libclammspack",
+];
+
+// Write the bindings to this file:
+const BINDGEN_OUTPUT_FILE: &str = "src/sys.rs";
 
 const C_HEADER_OUTPUT: &str = "clamav_rust.h";
 
@@ -58,14 +94,54 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), &'static str> {
 
     // We only want to execute cbindgen for `cargo build`, not `cargo test`.
     // FindRust.cmake defines $CARGO_CMD so we can differentiate.
-    if "build" == env::var("CARGO_CMD").or(Ok("".to_string()))? {
+    let cargo_cmd = env::var("CARGO_CMD").unwrap_or("".into());
+    if cargo_cmd == "build" {
+        execute_bindgen()?;
         execute_cbindgen()?;
     } else {
-        eprintln!("NOTE: Not performing cbindgen as CARGO_CMD != build");
+        eprintln!("NOTE: Not generating bindings because CARGO_CMD != build");
     }
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Use bindgen to generate Rust bindings to call into C libraries.
+fn execute_bindgen() -> Result<(), &'static str> {
+    let build_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var("CARGO_TARGET_DIR").unwrap_or(".".into()));
+    let build_include_path = format!("-I{}", build_dir.join("..").to_str().unwrap());
+
+    // Configure and generate bindings.
+    let mut builder = builder()
+        // Silence code-style warnings for generated bindings.
+        .raw_line("#![allow(non_snake_case, non_camel_case_types, non_upper_case_globals)]")
+        // Make the bindings pretty.
+        .rustfmt_bindings(true)
+        // Enable bindgen to find generated headers in the build directory, too.
+        .clang_arg(build_include_path);
+
+    for &include_path in BINDGEN_INCLUDE_PATHS {
+        builder = builder.clang_arg(include_path);
+    }
+    for &header in BINDGEN_HEADERS {
+        builder = builder.header(header);
+    }
+    for &c_function in BINDGEN_FUNCTIONS {
+        builder = builder.allowlist_function(c_function);
+    }
+    for &c_type in BINDGEN_TYPES {
+        builder = builder.allowlist_type(c_type);
+    }
+
+    // Generate!
+    let bindings = builder.generate().unwrap();
+
+    // Write the generated bindings to an output file.
+    bindings.write_to_file(BINDGEN_OUTPUT_FILE).unwrap();
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Use cbindgen to generate C-header's for Rust static libraries.
 fn execute_cbindgen() -> Result<(), &'static str> {
     let crate_dir = env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").or(Err("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR not specified"))?;
     let build_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var("CARGO_TARGET_DIR").unwrap_or(".".into()));
@@ -86,15 +162,15 @@ fn detect_clamav_build() -> Result<(), &'static str> {
     if search_and_link_lib("LIBCLAMAV")? {
         eprintln!("NOTE: LIBCLAMAV defined. Examining LIB* environment variables");
         // Need to link with libclamav dependencies
-        for var in &LIB_ENV_LINK {
+        for var in LIB_ENV_LINK {
             let _ = search_and_link_lib(var);
         }
 
         if cfg!(windows) {
-            for var in &LIB_ENV_LINK_WINDOWS {
+            for var in LIB_ENV_LINK_WINDOWS {
                 let _ = search_and_link_lib(var);
             }
-            for lib in &LIB_LINK_WINDOWS {
+            for lib in LIB_LINK_WINDOWS {
                 println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib={}", lib);
             }
         } else {
diff --git a/libclamav_rust/cbindgen.toml b/libclamav_rust/cbindgen.toml
index 1da598531..61fb06e8d 100644
--- a/libclamav_rust/cbindgen.toml
+++ b/libclamav_rust/cbindgen.toml
@@ -17,15 +17,8 @@ after_includes = ""
 
 [export]
 include = ["cdiff_apply", "script2cdiff"]
-exclude = [
-    "cli_dbgmsg",
-    "cli_errmsg",
-    "cli_infomsg_simple",
-    "cli_warnmsg",
-    "cli_versig2",
-    "cli_get_debug_flag",
-    "cli_getdsig",
-]
+exclude = []
+
 # prefix = "CAPI_"
 item_types = []
 renaming_overrides_prefixing = false
diff --git a/libclamav_rust/src/cdiff.rs b/libclamav_rust/src/cdiff.rs
index 4e8cf4dc1..f8d3383c0 100644
--- a/libclamav_rust/src/cdiff.rs
+++ b/libclamav_rust/src/cdiff.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use std::{
     fs::{self, File, OpenOptions},
     io::{prelude::*, BufReader, BufWriter, Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write},
     iter::*,
-    os::raw::{c_char, c_uchar},
+    os::raw::c_char,
     process,
 };
 
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ use log::{debug, error, warn};
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
+use crate::sys;
+
 /// Maximum size of a digital signature
 const MAX_SIG_SIZE: usize = 350;
 
@@ -255,28 +257,9 @@ impl<'a> XchgOp<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-extern "C" {
-    fn cli_versig2(
-        digest: *const c_uchar,
-        dsig: *const c_char,
-        n: *const c_char,
-        e: *const c_char,
-    ) -> i32;
-
-    fn cli_getdsig(
-        host: *const u8,
-        user: *const u8,
-        data: *const u8,
-        datalen: u32,
-        mode: u8,
-    ) -> *const c_char;
-
-    fn cli_get_debug_flag() -> u8;
-}
-
 fn is_debug_enabled() -> bool {
     unsafe {
-        let debug_flag = cli_get_debug_flag();
+        let debug_flag = sys::cli_get_debug_flag();
         // Return true if debug_flag is not 0
         !matches!(debug_flag, 0)
     }
@@ -418,9 +401,9 @@ pub fn script2cdiff(script_file_name: &str, builder: &str, server: &str) -> Resu
         // These strings should not contain interior NULs
         let server = CString::new(server).unwrap();
         let builder = CString::new(builder).unwrap();
-        let dsig_ptr = cli_getdsig(
-            server.as_c_str().as_ptr() as *const u8,
-            builder.as_c_str().as_ptr() as *const u8,
+        let dsig_ptr = sys::cli_getdsig(
+            server.as_c_str().as_ptr() as *const c_char,
+            builder.as_c_str().as_ptr() as *const c_char,
             sha256.to_vec().as_ptr(),
             32,
             2,
@@ -511,7 +494,7 @@ pub fn cdiff_apply(file: &mut File, mode: ApplyMode) -> Result<(), CdiffError> {
             let n = CString::new(PUBLIC_KEY_MODULUS).unwrap();
             let e = CString::new(PUBLIC_KEY_EXPONENT).unwrap();
             let versig_result = unsafe {
-                cli_versig2(
+                sys::cli_versig2(
                     sha256.to_vec().as_ptr(),
                     dsig_cstring.as_ptr(),
                     n.as_ptr() as *const c_char,
diff --git a/libclamav_rust/src/lib.rs b/libclamav_rust/src/lib.rs
index 7e311e260..59f8071d4 100644
--- a/libclamav_rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libclamav_rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
  *  MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
+/// cbindgen:ignore
+pub mod sys;
+
 pub mod cdiff;
 pub mod logging;
 pub mod util;
diff --git a/libclamav_rust/src/logging.rs b/libclamav_rust/src/logging.rs
index 3cd4844da..ca6835e91 100644
--- a/libclamav_rust/src/logging.rs
+++ b/libclamav_rust/src/logging.rs
@@ -21,16 +21,10 @@
  */
 
 use std::ffi::CString;
-use std::os::raw::c_char;
 
 use log::{set_max_level, Level, LevelFilter, Metadata, Record};
 
-extern "C" {
-    fn cli_warnmsg(str: *const c_char, ...) -> ();
-    fn cli_dbgmsg(str: *const c_char, ...) -> ();
-    fn cli_infomsg_simple(str: *const c_char, ...) -> ();
-    fn cli_errmsg(str: *const c_char, ...) -> ();
-}
+use crate::sys;
 
 pub struct ClamLogger;
 
@@ -46,16 +40,16 @@ impl log::Log for ClamLogger {
 
             match record.level() {
                 Level::Debug => unsafe {
-                    cli_dbgmsg(ptr);
+                    sys::cli_dbgmsg_no_inline(ptr);
                 },
                 Level::Error => unsafe {
-                    cli_errmsg(ptr);
+                    sys::cli_errmsg(ptr);
                 },
                 Level::Info => unsafe {
-                    cli_infomsg_simple(ptr);
+                    sys::cli_infomsg_simple(ptr);
                 },
                 Level::Warn => unsafe {
-                    cli_warnmsg(ptr);
+                    sys::cli_warnmsg(ptr);
                 },
                 _ => {}
             }