diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index f5e7d7707..d47ea1eca 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ parts:
       - python3-dev
       - cargo
     build-environment:
+      # We set this environment variable while building to try and increase the
+      # stability of fetching the rust crates needed to build the cryptography
+      # library.
       - CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI: true
       - SNAPCRAFT_PYTHON_VENV_ARGS: --upgrade
       # Constraints are passed through the environment variable PIP_CONSTRAINTS instead of using the
diff --git a/tools/snap/generate_dnsplugins_snapcraft.sh b/tools/snap/generate_dnsplugins_snapcraft.sh
index 139c8b0d3..a5313d1a4 100755
--- a/tools/snap/generate_dnsplugins_snapcraft.sh
+++ b/tools/snap/generate_dnsplugins_snapcraft.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ parts:
         snapcraftctl pull
         snapcraftctl set-version \`grep ^version \$SNAPCRAFT_PART_SRC/setup.py | cut -f2 -d= | tr -d "'[:space:]"\`
     build-environment:
+      # We set this environment variable while building to try and increase the
+      # stability of fetching the rust crates needed to build the cryptography
+      # library.
+      - CARGO_NET_GIT_FETCH_WITH_CLI: true
       # Constraints are passed through the environment variable PIP_CONSTRAINTS instead of using the
       # parts.[part_name].constraints option available in snapcraft.yaml when the Python plugin is
       # used. This is done to let these constraints be applied not only on the certbot package