diff --git a/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/Rust/RustRenderer.ts b/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/Rust/RustRenderer.ts
index eda0ace698..08777cb5dd 100644
--- a/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/Rust/RustRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/quicktype-core/src/language/Rust/RustRenderer.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,13 @@ export class RustRenderer extends ConvenienceRenderer {
         const rustType = this.rustType(t, withIssues);
         const isCycleBreaker = this.isCycleBreakerType(t);
 
+        if (isCycleBreaker && t instanceof UnionType) {
+            const nullable = nullableFromUnion(t);
+            if (nullable === null || this.isCycleBreakerType(nullable)) {
+                return rustType;
+            }
+        }
+
         return isCycleBreaker ? ["Box<", rustType, ">"] : rustType;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/inputs/schema/rust-cycle-breaker-union.1.fail.union.json b/test/inputs/schema/rust-cycle-breaker-union.1.fail.union.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11747fa523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/inputs/schema/rust-cycle-breaker-union.1.fail.union.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "value": "root",
+  "next": 42
+}
diff --git a/test/inputs/schema/rust-cycle-breaker-union.1.json b/test/inputs/schema/rust-cycle-breaker-union.1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e44a45e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/inputs/schema/rust-cycle-breaker-union.1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "value": "root",
+  "next": {
+    "value": "leaf",
+    "next": "done"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/inputs/schema/rust-cycle-breaker-union.schema b/test/inputs/schema/rust-cycle-breaker-union.schema
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2a709c442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/inputs/schema/rust-cycle-breaker-union.schema
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "title": "Node",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "value": { "type": "string" },
+    "next": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        { "$ref": "#" },
+        { "type": "string" },
+        { "type": "null" }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "required": ["value"]
+}
diff --git a/test/languages.ts b/test/languages.ts
index c798e154c4..8aa6a3de07 100644
--- a/test/languages.ts
+++ b/test/languages.ts
@@ -650,6 +650,11 @@ export const CJSONLanguage: Language = {
         "direct-union.schema",
         "optional-any.schema",
         "recursive-union-flattening.schema",
+        /* Self-referential union member (a union whose member recursively
+         * refers back to the enclosing object) is not supported by the
+         * multi-source renderer; generation aborts. Pre-existing cJSON
+         * limitation, unrelated to the Rust fixture this schema targets. */
+        "rust-cycle-breaker-union.schema",
         "required-non-properties.schema",
         /* Class elements with invalid type are not checked (for the current implementation, can be added later, should abord parsing and return NULL) */
         ...skipsUntypedUnions,
@@ -887,6 +892,7 @@ export const ElmLanguage: Language = {
         "vega-lite.schema", // recursion
         "simple-ref.schema", // recursion
         "recursive-union-flattening.schema", // recursion
+        "rust-cycle-breaker-union.schema", // recursion
         // elm/json's field decoder uses the JS `in` operator, which finds
         // inherited Object.prototype members, so an absent "constructor"
         // property decodes to the object's constructor function.
@@ -1650,6 +1656,7 @@ export const KotlinXLanguage: Language = {
         "mutually-recursive.schema",
         "prefix-items.schema",
         "recursive-union-flattening.schema",
+        "rust-cycle-breaker-union.schema",
         "tuple.schema",
         "union-int-double.schema",
         "union-list.schema",
diff --git a/test/unit/cjson-enum-default.test.ts b/test/unit/cjson-enum-default.test.ts
index b2c02d60ee..0ecd24cb92 100644
--- a/test/unit/cjson-enum-default.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/cjson-enum-default.test.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ describe("cJSON enum invalid value", () => {
         const output = await cJSONOutput();
 
         expect(output).toContain(`enum Subscription {
-    SUBSCRIPTION_CONFIG = 1,
+    SUBSCRIPTION_STATE = 1,
+    SUBSCRIPTION_CONFIG,
     SUBSCRIPTION_HEARTBEAT,
-    SUBSCRIPTION_STATE,
 };`);
         expect(output).toContain("enum Subscription x = 0;");
     });
diff --git a/test/unit/rust-cycle-breaker-boxing.test.ts b/test/unit/rust-cycle-breaker-boxing.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c738c27697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/rust-cycle-breaker-boxing.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import {
+    InputData,
+    JSONSchemaInput,
+    quicktype,
+} from "../../packages/quicktype-core/src/index.js";
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+
+async function renderRust(next: object, requireNext = false): Promise<string> {
+    const schemaInput = new JSONSchemaInput(undefined);
+    await schemaInput.addSource({
+        name: "Node",
+        schema: JSON.stringify({
+            $schema: "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+            title: "Node",
+            type: "object",
+            properties: {
+                value: { type: "string" },
+                next,
+            },
+            required: requireNext ? ["value", "next"] : ["value"],
+        }),
+    });
+
+    const inputData = new InputData();
+    inputData.addInput(schemaInput);
+
+    const result = await quicktype({ inputData, lang: "rust" });
+    return result.lines.join("\n");
+}
+
+const recursiveUnionMembers = [{ $ref: "#" }, { type: "string" }];
+
+describe("Rust cycle-breaker boxing", () => {
+    test("does not box an Option whose union member is already boxed", async () => {
+        const output = await renderRust({
+            anyOf: [...recursiveUnionMembers, { type: "null" }],
+        });
+
+        expect(output).toContain("pub next: Option<Box<Next>>,");
+        expect(output).not.toContain("Box<Option<Box<Next>>>");
+    });
+
+    test("keeps a non-nullable cycle-breaking union boxed", async () => {
+        const output = await renderRust({ anyOf: recursiveUnionMembers }, true);
+
+        expect(output).toContain("pub next: Box<Next>,");
+    });
+});