diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9bcdec092c331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[alias]
+"x" = "run --"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec6cb6ed2e4d3..503e4ae396654 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ Session.vim
 
 ## Tool
 .valgrindrc
-.cargo
 # Included because it is part of the test case
 !/src/test/run-make/thumb-none-qemu/example/.cargo