diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index af478de995f..e6a756a99c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -415,3 +415,46 @@ jobs:
           export RUSTFLAGS="-C debuginfo=0"
           cd rust/arrow
           cargo build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
+
+  # test the projects can build without default features
+  default-build:
+    name: AMD64 Debian 10 Rust ${{ matrix.rust }} test no defaults
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [amd64]
+        rust: [nightly-2020-11-24]
+    container:
+      image: ${{ matrix.arch }}/rust
+      env:
+        # Disable full debug symbol generation to speed up CI build
+        # "1" means line tables only, which is useful for panic tracebacks.
+        RUSTFLAGS: "-C debuginfo=1"
+        ARROW_TEST_DATA: /__w/arrow/arrow/testing/data
+        PARQUET_TEST_DATA: /__w/arrow/arrow/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing/data
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+      - name: Cache Cargo
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: /github/home/.cargo
+          # this key equals the ones on `linux-build-lib` for re-use
+          key: cargo-cache-
+      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: /github/home/target
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-target-wasm32-cache-${{ matrix.rust }}
+      - name: Setup Rust toolchain
+        run: |
+          rustup toolchain install ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          rustup override set ${{ matrix.rust }}
+          rustup component add rustfmt
+      - name: Build arrow crate
+        run: |
+          export CARGO_HOME="/github/home/.cargo"
+          export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/github/home/target"
+          cd rust/arrow
+          cargo check --all-targets --no-default-features
diff --git a/ci/scripts/rust_build.sh b/ci/scripts/rust_build.sh
index 94cf7560aca..726ecd80f1a 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/rust_build.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/rust_build.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ set -ex
 
 source_dir=${1}/rust
 
+# This file is used to build the rust binaries needed for the
+# archery integration tests. Testing of the rust implementation
+# in normal CI is handled by github workflows
+
 # Disable full debug symbol generation to speed up CI build / reduce memory required
 export RUSTFLAGS="-C debuginfo=1"
 
@@ -32,12 +36,10 @@ rustup show
 
 pushd ${source_dir}
 
-# build entire project
-cargo build --all-targets
+# build only the integration testing binaries
+cargo build -p arrow-integration-testing
 
-# make sure we can build Arrow sub-crate without default features
-pushd arrow
-cargo check --all-targets --no-default-features
-popd
+# Remove incremental build artifacts to save space
+rm -rf  target/debug/deps/ target/debug/build/
 
 popd
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index cdcae905dd5..7ea6d0b7009 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1179,6 +1179,9 @@ services:
         /arrow/ci/scripts/cpp_build.sh /arrow /build &&
         /arrow/ci/scripts/go_build.sh /arrow &&
         /arrow/ci/scripts/java_build.sh /arrow /build &&
+        df -h &&
+        du -hx --threshold=100M / &&
+        du -hx --threshold=500M /arrow/ &&
         /arrow/ci/scripts/js_build.sh /arrow /build &&
         /arrow/ci/scripts/integration_arrow.sh /arrow /build"]
 
diff --git a/rust/datafusion/src/execution/dataframe_impl.rs b/rust/datafusion/src/execution/dataframe_impl.rs
index 62c18ebc985..dfc7a66570f 100644
--- a/rust/datafusion/src/execution/dataframe_impl.rs
+++ b/rust/datafusion/src/execution/dataframe_impl.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-//! Implementation of DataFrame API
+//! Implementation of DataFrame API.
 
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};